Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

Arkcon · #1 September 25th, 2002, 11:47 PM

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Originally posted by Shyrka:

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Originally posted by Slick:
Are you using missiles? I don't believe missiles give you experience.

Really? Then, I think this is a bug

It was always that way. It was rationalized as the guy who poked the fire button didn't really learn anything new, the missile tracked the ship.

The missile might have picked up some good tactics but ...

Ensign Jane: "Lieutenant ... I uh..."
Lt. Liu: "Speak up ensign"
Ensign Jane: "I got a strange telemetry reading from that Last missile the struck the Ammonkre destroyer"
Lt. Liu "Well what was it"
Ensign Jane: "It said: "I know everything"
Lt. Liu "Pay no attention to that, the robotic core usually releases some such foo ... it's a side effect of the advanced AI tracking heuristics"
Ensign Jane: "But what if ..."
Lt. Liu "Ensign... if you can't handle combat, maybe you need see the med lab...NOW..."

"Admiral Jones, the frigate Firestar had lost it's entire munitions supply, apparently some shell shocked ensign jettisoned the entire magazine yelling "You're free ... you're free ... experience the universe ..."

[ September 25, 2002, 22:48: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

Gryphin · #2 September 26th, 2002, 01:26 AM

Posted by Fyron:

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Every time one of your ships destroys an enemy ship, yout ship earns 1% experience.

Just wondering:
If two ships contribute to the damage who gets credit?

Arkcon · #3 September 26th, 2002, 03:15 AM

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Originally posted by Gryphin:
Posted by Fyron:

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Every time one of your ships destroys an enemy ship, yout ship earns 1% experience.

Just wondering:
If two ships contribute to the damage who gets credit?

The one who fires the death blow. In tactical, I used to try to make sure it was the same one, so it's experience would become obscene. I wanted to see how high experience got and what it was called.

Shyrka · #4 September 27th, 2002, 12:47 PM

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Originally posted by Arkcon:
... the guy who poked the fire button didn't really learn anything new, the missile tracked the ship.

So if a missile-only ship kills 100 enemy DN with its missiles during a 2 year campaign... it does not learn anything new?

And what about the planets? They count as experience?

tbontob · #5 September 28th, 2002, 03:42 AM

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Originally posted by Arkcon:

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Originally posted by Gryphin:
Posted by Fyron:

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Every time one of your ships destroys an enemy ship, yout ship earns 1% experience.

Just wondering:
If two ships contribute to the damage who gets credit?
The one who fires the death blow. In tactical, I used to try to make sure it was the same one, so it's experience would become obscene. I wanted to see how high experience got and what it was called.

And what were the results==> the experience and the lable?

Hotfoot · #6 September 28th, 2002, 11:23 PM

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Originally posted by tbontob:
And what were the results==> the experience and the lable?

+50% Legendary, I believe. That's just using my own experience with a previous Version of the game (1.35 I believe).

Arkcon · #7 September 29th, 2002, 01:38 AM

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Originally posted by Hotfoot:

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Originally posted by tbontob:
And what were the results==> the experience and the lable?

+50% Legendary, I believe. That's just using my own experience with a previous Version of the game (1.35 I believe).

I never saw higher than legendary. I don't recall the bonus, but +50% seems right. I can't be sure it doesn't go higher 'tho.

But that ship and it's fleet was just ripping through the AI's fleets. It was practically unhittable, never showed component damage, and hit ships as if it had a talisman.