In Review: Best Fleet Strategy - Page 2

Growltigga · #11 March 21st, 2002, 06:21 PM

"nor is it like bulls-eyeing womprats in your T16 back home"

Challenge to all supposed Star Wars loonies out there. What are the first words spoken in Star Wars (the original movie)?

Krsqk · #12 March 21st, 2002, 07:38 PM

No, it doesn't even work well against the AI--at least not past the very short term.

I decided to try this strategy. Small quadrant, 11 AI, 3 neutral, 5 good planet start. My DUC escorts, and later destroyers, were the scourge of the three neighboring systems. I even got myself down to 2 warp points--1 bordering on a black hole system.

And then, 3 AI attacked. I wasn't too bothered by their PPB's--I hadn't even been able to research shields yet. Most of my capital had been tied up in those three systems, and I hadn't been able to develop much research. What research I did have had to go into astrophysics/stellar harnessing. Speed 3 escorts run out of supplies awfully quickly under ordinary circumstances, let alone when used as main warships. By the time I could develop light cruisers, I had been driven back into my original two systems, and was loosing mines faster than I could put them out. Survival time: about 50 game turns.

Bottom line--This strategy only works for very short term--and not well even then if the Rage or another TDM race are nearby. Your ships will be out of supplies three systems away and you'll have to spend major resources to rescue them.

tesco samoa · #13 March 21st, 2002, 07:40 PM

Topic: In Review: Worst Fleet Strategy Ever.

Gutb play test it against non-ai's

Everyone else...

GUTB failed to mention that these fleets are controlled by ninja's who will totally flip out and kill everything.

When these fleets show up,,,peoples heads roll and thats a fact.

I once heard that a GUTB UBER-Ninja fleet showed up in a system and the System wide diner was closed for renovation and just one Ninja killed the whole system.

Now thats power.

Taken from and modified

http://www.realultimatepower.net/

Were still waiting for your proof ... Please show us by posting some saved games here.... Perhaps a history of this Best Fleet Strategy in a turn by turn afair.

Phoenix-D · #14 March 21st, 2002, 07:41 PM

Actually in fairness to GUTB I think his original strat called for a one planet low-tech start.

Phoenix-D

geoschmo · #15 March 21st, 2002, 07:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Growltigga:
[QB}Challenge to all supposed Star Wars loonies out there. What are the first words spoken in Star Wars (the original movie)?[/QB]

Was it "There's one." Spoken by the stormtroopers pointing to Leia on the captured rebel ship?

tesco samoa · #16 March 21st, 2002, 07:50 PM

Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor. We'll
be destroyed for sure. This is madness!

Growltigga · #17 March 21st, 2002, 08:08 PM

I am disturbed to say the prize goes to Tesco Samoa

What is the secret Tesco, encylcopedic memory or just anally retentive?

Cylapse · #18 March 21st, 2002, 09:23 PM

Hate to be a damn noob, but whats UBER? *LOL* sounds like a term for someone who dont play right... like one of them cutthroat overkill abuse the system kinda people... Am I anywhere close to right?

---EDIT--- Nevermind, I see that GUTB is a user, not a general term. What about UBER? *l*
((No offence GUTB, if ya caught the non-edited Version of this post))

[ 21 March 2002: Message edited by: Cynapse ]

Val · #19 March 21st, 2002, 09:40 PM

Uber is Ultra-mega-super-totallyabusingeveryruletothemaxadvantage.

Gryphin · #20 March 21st, 2002, 09:50 PM

Uber - From the German means "over"
I'm sure Mephisto can expand upon this "uber" simplification.
Mephisto?
EDIT:
Found this as well:
uber-whatever = Something that is highly superior, e.g. uberplanes, uberguns... uber is derived from the german word "uber" meaning "super-whatever".
Probably a "modern" evolution of the word / prefix.

[ 21 March 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]