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Old April 26th, 2003, 12:00 AM
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Default Re: Worst "oops" moments in PBW?

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Hey, I am secure enough to be able to laugh at myself when I do something dumb.

You want to really hear a dumb one? Minelayer orders:

(ship was initially carrying mines)
Load mines at planet X
Launch mines at warp Y
repeat

Many turns later, I realized that planet X was not the planet making mines.

Top that one, bozos.

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Minelayer orders:

(ship was initially carrying mines)
Load mines at planet X
Launch mines at warp Y
repeat

Many turns later, when I checked the wp and no mines were there, I realized that the mine layer ship was full of cargo bays, not mine laying components. Back to shipyard, dump mines cause planet could not carry them all, retro to NEW BETTER design and start again, only to have fleet come through unprotected wp and glass the freshly retro'ed mine layer.
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Old April 26th, 2003, 02:29 AM
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You know... It isn't the act itself and its impact on the game that is so infuriating. It is the fact that you know that you personally , without help of any kind, were able to come up with such an asinine predicament. The same predicament which you would ridicule if it happened to someone else, and the worst part is that you don't see the AI making these mistakes.

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Default Re: Worst "oops" moments in PBW?

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You know... It isn't the act itself and its impact on the game that is so infuriating. It is the fact that you know that you personally , without help of any kind, were able to come up with such an asinine predicament. The same predicament which you would ridicule if it happened to someone else, and the worst part is that you don't see the AI making these mistakes.

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Now, Slick, I've done just about all of the ones in your extensive list. And I've read, I think, all the boo-boos listed here. But, I haven't read this one:

You click on a fleet to see where it's headed (I always have "movement lines" turned on). Look around a bit, click on a few systems here and there. THEN, you forget you have that fleet selected, THINK you have another selected and say to yourself, "Ahhh, THIS fleet needs to move to this warp hole." and click the "move to" order and then the warp hole. Of course, you see next turn that you had the wrong fleet selected and it's (usually) moving exactly in the wrong direction.
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Default Re: Worst "oops" moments in PBW?

So I have planet with Launch Mines and then Repeat Orders to save on micromanagement. Works great. But then, I build a resource converter there. I convert some resources, no problem. Next round, I give another conVersion order. Problem is, the first one is still there from repeat build. No wonder why I was having resource problems!
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Default Re: Worst "oops" moments in PBW?

Slick, I agree with you.

We "know" we should know better and still we made the mistake.

Maybe what we are doing now is a form of penance not unlike donning a hair shirt and flogging ourselves around time square in medieval times.
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Default Re: Worst "oops" moments in PBW?

Two things... somewhat already touched on:

1. Trying to figure out why a ship did not obey the orders I knew I gave... freaking out and firing the ship commander... then I realize I did not "Cancel" the previous Sentry order already attached to the ship/fleet (before assigning the new order)! This was frustrating as a noob.

2. Trying to build units on a space yard ship or space yard base... designed without a cargo area. Just doesn't work.
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2. Trying to build units on a space yard ship or space yard base... designed without a cargo area. Just doesn't work.
Been there. Done that. 'Nuff said.
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