How dumb is the AI/Are U ?

Taz-in-Space · #1 July 25th, 2002, 08:06 AM

Hey all you self-destructive types out there. Taz here with the newest way to cripple your Empire!
Yep, I think I have come up with a new stupid gamer trick.
First you must be at war with an opponent that is building very large fleets... 40-50+ ships
Next your defense must rely on very large arrays of satellites... 80 + large satellites
Lastly, you must become paranoid that some ships can sneak in via cloaking...so you build a detection satellite.

Now give that detection satellite some stealth armor - add it to the stack of satellites and (to prevent the detection satellite from getting harmed) turn on the stealth mode.

Can I hear you pro's groaning?

Sure enough, the next stack of ships sent your way go clean by your defenses without a problem!!!

End result : Rage 1 - Me 0

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS...

Ragnarok · #2 July 27th, 2002, 04:22 AM

I've done this once before also.

Kinda made me feel like a complete fool.

Suicide Junkie · #3 July 27th, 2002, 04:25 AM

Spy sats should always be hidden far behind the front lines, in an asteroid belt or a storm.

I suppose you didn't realize that if combat occurs in the sector, your sat isn't protected anyways?

DavidG · #4 July 27th, 2002, 04:38 AM

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Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
Now give that detection satellite some stealth armor - add it to the stack of satellites and (to prevent the detection satellite from getting harmed) turn on the stealth mode.

Can I hear you pro's groaning?

So for us non pro's are you actaully tell me that one satellite within a whole mess of them will cloak the whole group???

Ragnarok · #5 July 27th, 2002, 06:26 AM

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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:

I suppose you didn't realize that if combat occurs in the sector, your sat isn't protected anyways?

No no, I realized that it wouldn't be protected if it was in the same sector that was being attacked. But I just usually cloak anything that can be cloaked if it's where I want it. I never thought that it would be safe if I just cloaked it.

Taz-in-Space · #6 July 27th, 2002, 06:59 AM

Well DavidG, any ability like cloaking or ECM will apply to a stack of satellites. I must admit that I knew this for ECM and combat sensors and SHOULD HAVE known that a cloaked satellite would cloak the whole stack. I just wasn't thinking very good just then. Also I should have realizied that being in the same sector with uncloakedthings (ships/bases) would still have the satellite on the combat screen.
So I am guilty of TWO errors! That is why it is such a stupid gamer trick!!!