Oh, this is fun!

[Loser]

Originally posted by dbt1949:
In order to increase my other racial stats my physical strength is only 50% so ground combat is out.

Don't give up on ground combat just because you Nerf'd this trait. It just means you need more Troops.

Lots more Troops.

Big Troops with many Ground Cannons and maybe some shields.

And toast, you definately need toast.

[JLS]

Originally posted by Nexus Lord Executron:
I usually use 200 dread or 100 baseship fleets.

I develp myslef only in 3-4 systems developed to the max...

I contstruct o tone of Black Hole Creators

I kick the AI's ***

I like this strat

[JLS]

Originally posted by Loser:

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Originally posted by dbt1949:
In order to increase my other racial stats my physical strength is only 50% so ground combat is out.

Don't give up on ground combat just because you Nerf'd this trait. It just means you need more Troops.

Lots more Troops.

Big Troops with many Ground Cannons and maybe some shields.

And toast, you definately need toast.

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I have a habit of setting Physical strength low, too, dbt1949.
Around 80% works for me. Some planets can only hold a few troops
Don't forget adding Armor, for those troops.

[ June 13, 2003, 15:51: Message edited by: JLS ]

[dbt1949]

I can see I still have a lot to learn about this game!
I finally developed heavy fighters and just produced enough for a heavy carrier.Now to see how they fare against point defense guns!

[JLS]

What have you been seeing for Point Defense with the AI desighns, dbt1949?

[ June 13, 2003, 17:18: Message edited by: JLS ]

[dbt1949]

From light cruisers on up there seem to be 2-3 point defense guns per ship.
There doesn't seem to be too many(if any) on weapons platforms tho,from what I see.
I seldom run across base ships but there's only 2-3 on them too.
AI small satellites are a joke but their mines can be trouble whenever I forget to take a minesweeper or two with me.
The AI,once it researchs dreadnaughts never makes anything smaller,altho it will use old light cruisers and such.
The largest fleet I've ever seen is 16 dreadnaughts.I took it apart with only a couple of dreadnaughts and hordes of DDs and CLs.

[Fyron]

Something like 72 billion population. I've been transfering people to it like crazy.Have it over half filled now.

You get no bonuses past 10 billion, so it is wasteful to have more than 10 billion on a RW or SW (esp. agaisnt the AI).

Originally posted by JLS:
I have a habit of setting Physical strength low, too, dbt1949.
Around 80% works for me. Some planets can only hold a few troops
Don't forget adding Armor, for those troops.

Don't use armor on your troops. Shields are much stronger, and they count as generic hit points on troops, not actual shield layers. So, things like PPBs and SDs don't make a difference.

DDs and CLs.

Technically, it is DS and LC in SE4. Check VehicleSizes.txt.

[ June 13, 2003, 20:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]