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July 21st, 2003, 07:09 PM
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Re: Tractor Beam III useless
Massive mount Repulser beams are real nice an a Baseship with Null Space weapons. Maul the ship and then fling the shell 20 squares away for later cleanup.
Nice on Massive Starbase mounts too.
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As for range 4, effect 4 tractor beams, it would be nice if they would make you Ram if that is your orders. This would give Ramming ships a nice boast to their strike range. It appears that tractor beams bring the ship adjacent, so your next movement (possibly next turn) would execute the RAM>
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July 22nd, 2003, 02:39 AM
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Re: Tractor Beam III useless
or use MM SD, MM SD, MM ID, MM RB for better range and cost, plus fired every turn.
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July 22nd, 2003, 05:23 AM
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Re: Tractor Beam III useless
Why would you want to put repulsors on a starbase? That just keeps the enemies out of range so they just surive and blockade you... 
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July 22nd, 2003, 02:26 PM
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Re: Tractor Beam III useless
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Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Why would you want to put repulsors on a starbase? That just keeps the enemies out of range so they just surive and blockade you...
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When any fleet that takes on a Starbase is going to come with "Don't Get Hurt" support ships that will blockade your immobile planet anyway it would be easily worth it to throw ships that are potentially still dangerous away from your precious planet. |
July 22nd, 2003, 03:05 PM
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Re: Tractor Beam III useless
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Why would you want to put repulsors on a starbase? That just keeps the enemies out of range so they just surive and blockade you...
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Each repulsor effectively removes one ship per turn from combat.
That makes it much more likely for your base to survive, and the scattered ships are easier to clean up with your mobile forces.
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July 23rd, 2003, 08:24 AM
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Re: Tractor Beam III useless
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Why would you want to put repulsors on a starbase? That just keeps the enemies out of range so they just surive and blockade you...
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And who says the starbase has to be over a planet?
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