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May 6th, 2003, 11:16 PM
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Re: Fight Dirty?
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I suppose the empire would be stupid to follow us into their own minefield.
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Mines are "smart" enough to only attack enemy ships.
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May 7th, 2003, 03:21 AM
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Re: Fight Dirty?
You can find out what happened in a combat by pressing the "Combat Replay" button while looking at the Log's summary of a battle.
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May 7th, 2003, 09:47 AM
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Re: Fight Dirty?
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Hmmm.....
How many mines does an escort suck up when running through? How many does a fighter suck up?
*ponders evil, evil designs*
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Depends on how much damage the mines deal out and how much damage your ships can soak (i.e. a ship with a lot of heavy armor can take out more mines than, let's say, a lightly armored escort). Not too sure how mine damage applies to units though...
I have seen a couple of times where the damage seems to "stack" a bit (the total mine damage added up and the total fleet damage resistance added up, and whomever has more has stuff left in the end), and i'll lose a portion of my fleet to an unknown minefield, but i'll have a surviving ship that has less damage done to it than a normal mine would have...but then again, I simply might have miscalculated the ship's damage.
Just a thought, or two... 
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May 7th, 2003, 07:04 PM
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Re: Fight Dirty?
It is possible to use 1 fighter to expend 1 mine, provided you send 1 fighter at a time.
Just try that in PBW (simultaneous mode). 
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May 7th, 2003, 07:06 PM
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Re: Fight Dirty?
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It is possible to use 1 fighter to expend 1 mine, provided you send 1 fighter at a time.
Just try that in PBW (simultaneous mode).
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If fighters are cheaper than mines I'll do it. =^.^=
Seriously though, I think a set of 10 destroyers with 5 MinesweeperIIs should be sufficient. The maximum minefield size is 100 mines, yes?
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May 7th, 2003, 08:35 PM
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Re: Fight Dirty?
Yes the max is 100 mines.
Unless your playing an older Version and know the exploit 
Light Cruisers (LC) should be cheaper than destroyers.
You should research LCs because the Large Weapon Mount makes them more effective.
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May 7th, 2003, 08:36 PM
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Re: Fight Dirty?
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Originally posted by Wardad:
It is possible to use 1 fighter to expend 1 mine, provided you send 1 fighter at a time.
Just try that in PBW (simultaneous mode).
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I believe the mines troubling our new friend are on the other side of a warp point, anyway. Fighters can't go through warp points, I don't believe. |
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