capturing planets in PBW games

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
Do those reload-time weapons work against planets? That would be a great weapon if it could somehow be used during planetary invasion: knock out their guns temporarily and then send in the troop transports.?

I've been playing with the crystaline racial trait and I can tell you, the energy dampner will not target sats and planets. Dunno 'bout the mental flailer.

[Grandpa Kim]

Originally posted by Arkcon:

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
Do those reload-time weapons work against planets? That would be a great weapon if it could somehow be used during planetary invasion: knock out their guns temporarily and then send in the troop transports.?

I've been playing with the crystaline racial trait and I can tell you, the energy dampner will not target sats and planets. Dunno 'bout the mental flailer.

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But I'm pretty sure the Null Space Projector and the (Organic) Acid Globule do.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by trooper:
if the transport is included in the fleet, the strategy for both the transport and the fleet is the fleet strategy, isn't it ?

No, the troop transport ship must have the capture planet strategy, or it will break from the fleet and run for the corner. Notice, your supply and repair ships are part of the fleet, but they never approach the planet either.

Originally posted by trooper:

When you defend a planet this time, are mines, fighters and satellites stored in the planet cargo automatically launched to join the combat, or are they given to the enemy ?

Units in storage of a captured planet or ship become yours. You can never capture units in space

[dogscoff]

What if you have all troop transports and no attack ships? Will they try to take the planet anyway, even if there are weapons platforms?

Sometimes I want to send in a heavily shielded/ armoured transport to take the weapons platforms intact.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
What if you have all troop transports and no attack ships? Will they try to take the planet anyway, even if there are weapons platforms?

Sometimes I want to send in a heavily shielded/ armoured transport to take the weapons platforms intact.

Yes, if their are only troop transports and no attack ships they will rush the planet straight away. The same occurs if during combat all your attack ships get destroyed or disabled. Your troop ship/s will rush the planet, even if there are still active weapons platforms left defending it.

Geoschmo

[trooper]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
Units in storage of a captured planet or ship become yours. You can never capture units in space[/QB]

But these units don't defend the planet when it is attacked ? even fighters ? (I love make surprises to my opponents, hiding 30 fighters in a "quiet" planet...)

[trooper]

[ January 24, 2003, 19:15: Message edited by: trooper ]

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by trooper:

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Originally posted by Arkcon:
Units in storage of a captured planet or ship become yours. You can never capture units in space

But these units don't defend the planet when it is attacked ? even fighters ? (I love make surprises to my opponents, hiding 30 fighters in a "quiet" planet...)[/QB]

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Fighters (and drones) launch at the begining of combat so they wont be left by the time the attacking troops land. Sats and mines in cargo will not launch and have no effect on ground combat. They will be captured if the attacked is succesful in taking the planet. Weapons platforms will shoot at the ships. They normally are glassed before the troops are dropped. However, if there are any left when the troops drop they have no effect on group combat. The only things that effect ground combat for the defenders are the troops in cargo and the militia which is ratio of the population.

Geoschmo

[ January 24, 2003, 19:23: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Sats and mines in cargo will not launch and have no effect on ground combat. They will be captured if the attacked is succesful in taking the planet. Weapons platforms will shoot at the ships. They normally are glassed before the troops are dropped. However, if there are any left when the troops drop they have no effect on group combat. The only things that effect ground combat for the defenders are the troops in cargo and the militia which is ratio of the population.

Geoschmo

Once a planet is captured, if there are remaining weapon platforms they will target enemy ships, space stations, satelites, fighters, and colonized moons.

Alright, so it doesn't happen often in startegic combat. But people have sent troop ships in, and on they next turn found everything gone. Its not a bug, there will be a list of combats where everything picked everything else apart.

[ January 24, 2003, 19:35: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Slick]

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[ January 26, 2003, 02:40: Message edited by: Slick ]