game styles

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by desdinova:
which thread is going to be used. Game Styles or Newbie has Questions. its a little confusing reading from one then jumping to the other about the same thing.

Why do things easy when you can make them so beatifully complicated?

I don't put solar panels on the colony ships either but go for long range explorers so I can make more trade and research alliances.

As Game style I try to play role-playing, usually very strict obiding by my treaties.
If I dislike my allies and like my enemies that doesn't change the treaties, then I'll kill those I like and give all my tech to those I dislike.

[capnq]

I'm another roleplayer. If I'm playing a trusting, pacifistic race, I don't do any weapons research or arm any ships until I find evidence of hostile aliens' existence.

An aggressive, paranoid race will arm almost anything that a weapon will fit on, and start researching Applied Intelligence at First Contact.

[ November 26, 2002, 19:15: Message edited by: capnq ]

[mottlee]

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[Fyron]

Originally posted by desdinova:
[QB]i select the organic racial trait and make a priority of researching organic technology for the organic armor and organic weapons. i have noticed that the organic weapons are better than the initial weapons the ai uses (better range and damage.) the advantage from the organic armor and weapons is enough to let me lag behind on ship size. i can remain 1-2 sizes smaller and still win in combat initially. after that i try to get the monolith.[QB]

Actually, DUC Vs are cheaper than Organic Weapons, and stronger than most levels of them.

Depleted Uranium Cannon V (Projectile Weapons 5)
Tonnage Space Taken := 30
Weapon Damage At Rng := 40 40 40 40 40 0

Hyper - Plasma Bolt III (Organic Weapons 6)
Tonnage Space Taken := 30
Weapon Damage At Rng := 40 35 30 30 30 25 0

Hyper - Plasma Bolt III (Organic Weapons 8)
Tonnage Space Taken := 30
Weapon Damage At Rng := 45 40 35 35 35 30 25 0

Lightning Ray I (Organic Weapons 4)
Tonnage Space Taken := 20
Weapon Damage At Rng := 30 30 20 20 10 10 0

Lightning Ray I (Organic Weapons 6)
Tonnage Space Taken := 20
Weapon Damage At Rng := 40 40 30 30 20 20 10 10 0

Phased - Polaron Beam V (Phased Energy Weapons 5)
Tonnage Space Taken := 30
Weapon Damage At Rng := 60 55 55 55 50 50 0

Organic Weapons costs a lot more to research than Projectile Weapons and Phased Energy Weapons (even with Physics 2 as a tech req).

Plasma Charges are almost never better than DUCs, except with a little more range, but much less damage. Electric Discharges (for much more research) are stronger at short range, but much weaker at longer ranges. Then when you through in the PPBs, which cost fewer research points than Organic Weapons 5 or so, the Organic weapons can't even compare to them. Personally, I never research Organic Weapons past level 3, for the Troop EDs. Sure they cost organics instead of Minerals, and that lowers build time of the ship by a turn. But they are much weaker in combat. To me, this isn't worth.

[Krsqk]

I think the other "advantage" to organics weapons is that you get several different kinds of weapons quickly; low damage reload 1's; higher damage reload 2's; and seekers that do more dmg/kt/turn than CSMs--all for 1 tech area which is cheaper than, say, PPB+torps+missiles. Which only would be an advantage in very early game, due to the power of PDC. Now, give EDs 2x to shields, and they might be a little more appealing.

[spoon]

[quote]Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

Sure they cost organics instead of Minerals, and that lowers build time of the ship by a turn. But they are much weaker in combat. To me, this isn't worth.

If it lowers the Build Time from 2 turns to 1, I'd have to disagree with you there... Even 3 turns to 2 would be worthwhile.
And really, if you are spending more than 2 turns to build any Organic ship, you probably shouldn't have taken Organic Tech to begin with...

-Spoon

[PvK]

The organic resource thing is a huge advantage (not just for reduced build time, although that is a big advantage), as are the multiple weapons in one tech area. The acid weapons have the advantage of being able to nail units (which most torpedoes can't), and the parasite reload rate of 2 can keep them effective even in late-game, particularly when used in combined arms deployments with fighters and drones and direct-fire warships.

It's true that other weapons achieve better damage per weapon. So, organic is not the one uber trait, but their weapons are definitely a valid and effective choice.

PvK