Newbie impressions

DirkHowitzer · #1 February 19th, 2001, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by LeTharg:

At this point I have played throught 3 times. 1.19 with no mods, large galaxy, AI difficulty on high, the first time with no bonus, then with low bonus and finally with high bonus.

I can see where your having problems if your using no mods. Without mods the AI is worse than pathetic....it's in a vegetative state. The mods give a 100% improvement. Of course now your better off to wait for the latest patch and the resulting mods, but I guarantee you would have had better games had you used the mod pack.

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LeTharg · #2 February 19th, 2001, 06:18 PM

Thanks folks. I really will give the mods a try once the patch is out. I really appreciate the effort that goes into them. I've even been looking at the files and thinking about what I could do.

Markavians, cool site. I've bookmarked it and will download some shipsets once I got the patch in. Thanks.

Nyx · #3 February 19th, 2001, 08:59 PM

There's no reason to wait on installing the mods unless you don't plan to play at all until the next patch comes out. I've got the mod pack on my home Version and I had a good deal of fun over the weekend. Also, try a PBeM deathmatch (one on one in a small galaxy). Just you and one other human player. The turns go fast and it's about the most exciting way to play that I know of. It's a lot of fun in hotseat mode too (if you can get anyone to join you).

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