Mines & Treaties

[Alneyan]

Originally posted by Loser:

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Originally posted by Alneyan:
Now you see why I was so cautious Loser, always bringing enough minesweepers to deal with 120 mines a turn. (Well, except for the occasional "recon" ship here and there)

Yes, but once I got you cautious I might as well have stopped building mines. I could have turned that industry over to something more useful.

Because once you're cautious, you will be protected from the mines and the mines are no longer a protective measure. At that point they are just a drain on your economy.

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True enough, if you could think of something else to order your space yards to do. And as you were lacking weaponry, perhaps additional warships wouldn't have been useful. Or perhaps they would have. I didn't build much mines on my side, principally because of the economical strain you mentioned, and because they aren't that useful when you are on the offensive. Fleets are good enough to defend systems, and unlike mines, they can even glass a world from time to time, or intercept stolen ships, or spy fleets, or for scouting systems, and so on.