what is this ship attacking me with?

Silent Sorrow · #1 July 24th, 2003, 04:08 AM

In a tactical battle against the AI I had two damaged ships vs. one of his undamaged ships. The AI ship contained no offensive weapons except for planetary napalm, which only targets planets. It also had two PDC and some crystalline armour.

The AI ship took out both my damaged ships.

With what?

Slick · #2 July 24th, 2003, 04:09 AM

My guess is it rammed you.

edit: Did the AI ship run away or approach? If it approached to the adjacent square, it did ram you. This is a common strategy used on some of the better AI's (like in the TDM Modpack) for ships without offensive weapons (like colonizers).

Slick.

[ July 24, 2003, 03:14: Message edited by: Slick ]

Taera · #3 July 24th, 2003, 04:42 AM

actually organic/crystalline armor ramming is quite evil.

Loser · #4 July 24th, 2003, 02:14 PM

Got to love the colonizers with Planetary Napalm.

Silent Sorrow · #5 July 24th, 2003, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slick:
My guess is it rammed you.

edit: Did the AI ship run away or approach? If it approached to the adjacent square, it did ram you. This is a common strategy used on some of the better AI's (like in the TDM Modpack) for ships without offensive weapons (like colonizers).

Slick.

Hmm, that would have to be it then. It did charge me instead of running away. However, I actually did consider the possibility that it rammed me but I felt it should have been more heavily damaged than it was after a ram. But I suppose that crystal armour was the difference.

Nocturnal · #6 July 24th, 2003, 05:09 PM

I ram fighters all the time with transports. I rammed a satellite layer with a construction ship. Twice. (Didn't completely smash it the first time, just took out all its engines. So I came back the next turn after repairing.) Sometimes, I ram things with my organically armored battleships just for the fun of it. But if you try to ram a planet, you'll usually lose.

"Gravity is a harsh mistress." - The Tick

[ July 24, 2003, 16:10: Message edited by: Nocturnal ]

Narf'scompatshop · #7 July 25th, 2003, 12:21 AM

can you ram planets?

Fyron · #8 July 25th, 2003, 01:01 AM

Yes, you can ram planets.

And, you can always send an email to Tim Brooks about the password issue. He might be willing to send you your password if you lost it.

PvK · #9 July 25th, 2003, 01:40 AM

Um... I knew you could ram planets in tactical ...

... but, can you actually "win" the ram, and survive?

PvK

TerranC · #10 July 25th, 2003, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PvK:
Um... I knew you could ram planets in tactical ...

... but, can you actually "win" the ram, and survive?

PvK

Against a planet? IMHO, never. But you can still take down the planet along with your rammed ship though.

[ July 25, 2003, 00:49: Message edited by: TerranC ]