Mine Follies

dmm · #1 January 10th, 2001, 09:28 PM

Hey HAL, do you realize that ANY planet can make mines and deploy them as planetary defense -- you don't need minelayers? That should slow the AI down. Make them pay dearly for every planet.

HAL · #2 January 10th, 2001, 09:30 PM

Yes, I picked that up from some of the other Messages on the board. However, my oponent is now six times large than me and a flood of ships keep coming at me.

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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

dmm · #3 January 10th, 2001, 10:36 PM

HAL, Put them on emergency production. You can almost always get 10 mines/turn that way. And scatter some satellites or fighters among the mines to take out minesweepers. How many ships does the AI have anyway?!?!?!? If that doesn't work, then you're doomed.

HAL · #4 January 11th, 2001, 08:31 PM

I don't know how many ships the computer has at the moment(I'll check tonight), but the production difference was 6 times greater. I don't feel doomed yet. I'll be playing a couple of more turns tonight, so expect an update.

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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

HAL · #5 January 13th, 2001, 05:06 PM

Ok, I got tied up working on a Totaler Krieg turn the other night, but I did manage to get in a few turns this morning.

I know that the AI isn't supposed to group minesweepers, but my minefields are consistently being swept by two or three minesweeping dreadnoughts. This latest turn he blew by 128 mines. I must be using mines differently than others. I still hate them as a general rule.

I have managed to reduce the differences between me and my enemy. He now has 4X the resource production, 2X the research and 3X the intelligence. He just wiped out a large part of my defense fleet leaving me with 25 ships to his 125+ ships.

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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.