Looking for a killer strategy with Deeply Religious trait

primitive · #1 February 22nd, 2003, 03:04 PM

There is really no such thing as the optimum ship for fighting with (or against) the talisman. Ship and fleet strategies also become very important.
General rules (I use) when playing religious:
- Keep all strategies to Max distance.
- Choose weapons that keep their punch at distance. WMG and some of the racial weapons is best, but APB not so bad either.
- Bigger is better. Those Talismans is expensive and heavy, so don't waste them on small ships.

Hope this helps as a start. There are a lot of great players out there who I am sure has more (and better) advise to give.

primitive

oleg · #2 February 22nd, 2003, 03:49 PM

Obviusly, you can ignore battle scanners when you have talisman.

Fyron · #3 February 22nd, 2003, 11:10 PM

APBs do a lot more damage than WMGs. The only benefit of the WMG is that it gets a 30% (IIRC) bonus to hit, which does not matter with Talismans. The extended range does not really make up for the lack of punch, as that range can easily be covered by ships with solar sails and decent engine tech.

Rexxx · #4 February 22nd, 2003, 11:59 PM

When using the talisman and maximum range strategies I would recommend to toggle on "don't fire on" for Seekers on us, Seekers on others, fighters�and drones. If you don't, your PDC-equipped ships will begin to "hunt" missiles, fighters and drones, i.e. moving close (max PDC range is 5) to the enemy to find targets.
Toggling on these buttons does not mean that your PDCs don't fire at these vehicles at all, they still will fire automatically when a possible target moves into range. It only prevents the "hunting" I described.
Credits still go to PvK who came up with that approach several months ago.

[ February 22, 2003, 23:19: Message edited by: Rexxx ]

Cheeze · #5 February 23rd, 2003, 03:22 AM

I would advise using more than just APB's. Yes, their superior range combined with the Talisman is deadly, but that advantage can be limited when the enemy can get closer when they fire. In fleets, you might want to design some ships with engine destroyers. Your ships will still attempt to move out of an enemy's range, but the engine destroyers will limit the enemy's ability to close with your ships, allowing you to pick them apart from a distance that they may not be able to hit you or hit you effectively.

In addition, if your opponent is using Organic tech, killing their engines may also eliminate the ability of their armor to regenerate.

Fyron · #6 February 23rd, 2003, 03:24 AM

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In addition, if your opponent is using Organic tech, killing their engines may also eliminate the ability of their armor to regenerate.

Regeneration does not require supplies. How would a lack of engines (and therefore a probable lack of supplies) accomplish this?

I think he just meant to use APBs as the primary weapon. There is always room for secondary weapons like Ionic Dispersers, Shield Depeltors, etc.

matt1 · #7 February 23rd, 2003, 11:53 AM

Thanks for the replies.

If I understand correctly, I should research APBs and use them as my main weapons. What about ship hulls? Light cruiser seems to rock due to their low requirements (only 1 bridge / crew quarters / life-support). Should I build dozens of smaller ships (i.e. light cruisers) or should I move onto bigger hulls such as battleships and complement them with a few smaller ships? What about null-space weapons... are they any good?

If anyone has a link to "how-to-rule-the galaxy-with-Deeply-Religious-trait" guide I would really much appreciate it.

Also, I would be interested if someone could post a couple of their killer ship designs (with a talisman on it).