Tactical Combat and PBEM

God Emperor · #1 May 27th, 2001, 06:20 AM

I thought I spotted a reference to tactical combat in a thread about PBEM. I havent played PBEM because I thought that it only supported Strategic combat.

Does PBEM support Tactical combat? What is involved in doing PBEM Tactical combat? (if it is possible)
Regards,
GE

Sinapus · #2 May 27th, 2001, 06:46 AM

Um... wouldn't tactical combat be a little difficult over PBEM? Mailing each combat turn and such?

Sounds frighteningly slow.

jc173 · #3 May 27th, 2001, 06:53 AM

I haven't tried PBEM either, but I was under the impression it was strategic only.

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Possum · #4 May 27th, 2001, 07:41 AM

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Originally posted by God Emperor:
I thought I spotted a reference to tactical combat in a thread about PBEM. I havent played PBEM because I thought that it only supported Strategic combat.

Does PBEM support Tactical combat? What is involved in doing PBEM Tactical combat? (if it is possible)
Regards,
GE

I looked into this. Multiplayer and tactical combat are mutually exclusive, with one exception. It is possible to use tactical combat in a hotseat game.

kosh · #5 May 27th, 2001, 04:47 PM

There is a game (much weaker than SEIV) that uses an intersting twist on PBEM battles. They use something called VCR which gives you a visual battle movies when you receive your turn (to watch if you wish). It is cool and makes you feel more into the game vs dot and only a message indicating what happened in the battle.
I have not played SEIV in a PBEM game - can some shed some light on what you get in response to a battle.

Marty Ward · #6 May 27th, 2001, 05:22 PM

Being able to use Tactical combat in a hotseat game is what makes hotseat the best way to play, IMO. This type of game rally allows SE4 to show it's true potential. It is an amazing game. If tactical combat could ever be added to the PBEM or internet Version I might just have to get over my dislike of internet gaming.
You really find out how good your ship designs are when you fight someone who can learn from their mistakes, are not limited in ship design and who can devise the same nasty tactics that you can.