Played a very good game.... questions though..

capnq · #1 July 10th, 2002, 08:33 PM

Tips for playing a Bloodthirsty race:

1. Make treaties one at a time, and let your people calm down some before you make another.

2. Research Construction and Troops, and garrison your colonies as soon as possible.

3. Research Psychology and Applied Political Science for the Urban Pacification Centers (or Organic, Religious, or Temporal Technology, which all have happiness facilities).

The same goes for a Neutral race, except you should never accept a treaty you don't really need.

chewy027 · #2 July 10th, 2002, 08:35 PM

Were the minefields wiped out by minesweapers? or did the Terran ships have no minesweapers on their ships? If they did have minesweapers that could be the answer to your question.

sachmo · #3 July 10th, 2002, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by capnq:
Tips for playing a Bloodthirsty race:

2. Research Construction and Troops, and garrison your colonies as soon as possible.

Will the troops you create fight in the defense of a planet? I thought I read somewhere that they were treated as cargo, and hence do not fight in ground combat?

Fyron · #4 July 10th, 2002, 09:33 PM

Yes, the troops on your planet will fight in it's defense if invaded.

Grandpa Kim · #5 July 11th, 2002, 02:15 AM

If minesweepers remove ALL the mines in a minefield, you will get no message. I agree, this seems odd, but that is what I have seen without exception. If even one ship receives minor damage, then you will get a message.

Kim

Zarix · #6 July 11th, 2002, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by Iron Giant:
Question #3 - What is up with Terran Drones? Whoever thought that drones were useless forgot to tell the Terrans. Fleets of drones and drone carrying ships wiped out my smaller planets, right past mines as if they were'nt there??

This is the mine bug. Early mines can't do enough damage to destroy drones because there isn't partial unit damage in SE4. Next patch should fix this. Before that mines are useless against drones if they don't have mine warhead III.

DirectorTsaarx · #7 July 11th, 2002, 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yes, the troops on your planet will fight in it's defense if invaded.

Just remember that ground-based troops can't help the space combat (SE3 allowed the larger troops to fire on spaceships; of course, SE3 didn't have weapon platforms, although it did allow facilities to be armed...).