Question about strategies and mineral scanner

Asmala · #1 January 31st, 2003, 09:02 PM

I'm new player and I haven't touched much in strategies or fleet formations (however I know arrowhead isn't good). So if I have a decent 30-40 ships fleet, armed with phased polaron beams or anti proton beams what's most effective tactic? Is there big difference in combat result between optimal, maximum, short and point blank weapons ranges? And what fleet formation is good? Or should I check everything at types that break formation?

And now the other question. Is there any point research mineral scanner or system mineral scanner when you can research robotoid factory under computers? Robotoid factory is cheaper to research, you get other useful components (master computer and computer virus) besides and it's the same facility for all the resource types.

Fyron · #2 January 31st, 2003, 09:38 PM

Try the new formations in the latest gold patch.

Breaking formation is always good.

Mineral Scanners are indeed pointless. It takes a lot less research to get System Robotoid IIIs than it does to get System Mineral Scanner IIIs (and the org and rad ones too). Same goes for comparing the planet affecting ones too.

[ January 31, 2003, 19:39: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Asmala · #3 January 31st, 2003, 10:43 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Try the new formations in the latest gold patch.

Breaking formation is always good.

What's the point then use formations if break formation is on?

It would be nice if someone tells some experiences about strategies.

Fyron · #4 January 31st, 2003, 10:48 PM

Run some simulations to see what the strategies do.

Formations will define the starting location of the ships in the fleet. If you have a lot of ships (more than the slots in the formation), the extra ships get placed randomly around the map.

Arkcon · #5 January 31st, 2003, 10:56 PM

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Originally posted by asmala:
Robotoid factory is cheaper to research, you get other useful components (master computer and computer virus) besides

Cheaper to research and gives the other components, yes. The mineral scanner is cheaper to build, however.

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it's the same facility for all the resource types.

You might not be building monoliths everywhere.

That said I never research them, but I'll use them if I get them from a ruin.

[ January 31, 2003, 21:48: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

Asmala · #6 January 31st, 2003, 11:00 PM

Thanks for the fast answers. Further comments are of course welcome but these helped much.