New player struggling

[Growltigga]

Can't do tomorrow, should be ok for wednesday 10.04 at 5.30-5.45

SEIV gold manual clutched at the ready??

[oleg]

Splendid !

[capnq]

quote:

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Re spaceyards, any units built by a spaceyard will be AUTOMATICALLY stored on the planet, no shuttle transport is needed

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This works in the other direction, too; if the planet doesn't have enough cargo space left, but a ship or moon orbiting the planet does, the excess cargo automatically goes wherever it will fit.

[ 08 April 2002: Message edited by: capnq ]

[Andy Watkins]

Capnq & Growltigga,

Thanks as ever. I am very keen on the spaceyards idea, and the cargo transfer sounds really helpful.

Still not tried the retrofitting thing. Will do so shortly.

What about satellites and weapons platforms, can you upgrade them at all or do you just build new ones. I've tried to upgrade a weapons platform and can't find any way of doing it.

Andy

[Growltigga]

Andy,
AFAIK you cannot upgrade satellites, weapons platforms, fighters, troops or any unit (havn't tried drones yet) - you have to scrap and build anew.

I tend not to scrap units unless my player unit limit has been reached. I replace older designs with newer designs and transport the older designs
away from the frontier

Do try retrofitting, it is crucial

[Gryphin]

The other use for opsolette mines and sats (in tactical combat mode only):
Load them on an appropriate carrier deploy them in front on the on comming enemy. Ships and fighters will stop to go after the mines. This gives you you "free" shots at the fighters and ships. If you have missles you can stand off and trash the AI.

[ 09 April 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[Growltigga]

Gryphin, very sneaky tactic there - I also like the one used in tactical battles where you use a satellite transporter to dump out satellites in front of the enemy and lure him through them - easy way to get a few good licks in

still, it is not very sporting really to use mines and fighters on the AI