What a beautiful sight....

Jason2 · #1 March 7th, 2001, 07:31 AM

I am playing a game set on High diff with medium bonus. I had expanded to about 8 systems and had about 24 planets... Shields V, DUC 5, Armor 5 (scattering)... and then I saw it, a Xi'chung Hive Fleet of 17 ships... they glassed every planet I had in the system. So I thought, I'll show em, and sent about 10 ships to the next nearest system (expecting them to disband their fleet, surely it is a fluke)... nope, they glassed the next system and then warped to my home system... it was at this point I decided a new game was in order. Before I did though, a SECOND fleet of 18 Xi'chung ships appeared behind the first - it was a beautiful sight

Jason2

Atrocities · #2 March 7th, 2001, 07:39 AM

Ah, the power of the "star over" button.

They never knew what hit em.

rdouglass · #3 March 7th, 2001, 07:02 PM

I would like to know what patch Version you're using and any mods, etc. I'd like to see the AI send a fleet like that at me.....finally...

DirectorTsaarx · #4 March 7th, 2001, 08:30 PM

I've seen fleets that big in 1.19, no mods, hard diff/low bonus; of course, I've never been ATTACKED by a fleet that large... but those fleets still discouraged me from attacking the adjacent planet...

mac5732 · #5 March 7th, 2001, 09:30 PM

2 games ago, patch 1.27b, playing ice-oxygen,
low bonus, high diff, traits- aggressive,
schemer, cunning. During game I made partnership with Nee. Later during game I found 2 fleets sitting over 2 of my worlds. one fleet had 33 dreadnaughts the other 17 dreadnaughts. Only problem was they just sat there, never did anything. Late when we went to war they left going ??????? don't know what happpened. lost game thru Intell all 8 AI ganged up stole everything, anarchy etc.
Nice fleets just AI never used it as far as I know. Have had other games same thing, large fleets just sitting over my worlds anywhere from 7-30 ships..... mac5732

gforce · #6 March 7th, 2001, 09:41 PM

I am in my first game, v1.27, Mephisto's 1.60 mod, low bonus, and high number of AI's, and ran into a similar fleet of 18 Xichung vessels. Luckily for me, I only lost a long range colony ship I had built to try and find something to colonize. The Xichung and Xiati have large fleets with much better tech than I do. The only thing saving me is the large number of nebula, asteroid, and black hole sectors which act as buffers between those heavy hitters.