How Do You Defend Against

Ruatha · #1 September 30th, 2003, 11:17 AM

I want to repeat primitives question;
How do you know that it was 5 small mines? Did your opponent tell you so?
You can't see minefields before you hit them, so I don't see how you know what mines there where?

tesco samoa · #2 September 30th, 2003, 12:36 PM

your sweeper would get them as it sweeps one set then the next

SpaceBadger · #3 October 1st, 2003, 01:19 AM

As for the type of mine, I think that once your ships have been in "combat" with enemy mines, those mines will appear in your Enemy Designs view in the design window, right?

As for the number of mines, well, maybe he was guessing based on knowledge of the type of ship that laid the mines - although that should go in multiples of two, shouldn't it, depending on the number of mine bays in the ship? (And if one were able to observe the movements of the mine-laying ship at the time the mines must have been laid, one might be able to know whether the ship had spent more than one turn in that sector.)Otherwise, yeah, I don't think one could know that.

SpaceBadger

SpaceBadger · #4 October 1st, 2003, 01:29 AM

As for the original question of how to protect a planet from invasion: try to keep the troops from landing, and have your own troops on planet to fight them if they do land (although your troops will probably be destroyed before he lands if there is any pre-landing bombardmet). As for how to keep the from landing, anything that will kill (or even M-kill at least two squares away from the planet) the troop carriers will do: weapon platforms on planet; mines or fighters or satellites launched by the planet; your combat fleets in the sector.

SpaceBadger

geoschmo · #5 October 1st, 2003, 01:39 AM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
your sweeper would get them as it sweeps one set then the next

Maybe this should go in a new thread, but this is incorrect. I have seen it posted before and it's possible in previous Versions it was correct, but as far as 1.84 goes it is incorrect. If multiple empires place mines in the same sector it can overload your minesweepers. The number of mines a sweeper can sweep is per turn, not per turn per empire.

Arkcon · #6 September 30th, 2003, 04:46 PM

Hmmm...lots happening here. Regarding planet capture, basically, I've seen a small transport, fully loaded, conquer any medium non-breathable with a couple of weapon platforms. Even the AI can do this, so that proves how easy it is.

A medium transport, fully loaded, backed up with maybe 6 LC's will survive an attack on a large breathable and will conquer it.

See, if the planet has no weapon platforms, and is loaded with troops, and is attacked by a lone troop transport -- then your troops will help the militia defend against the assault.

But, if the plant has WP and troops, and is attacked by a fleet of attack ships with a troop transport -- then the attack ships will destroy all planet cargo first, then WP, then the transport drops troops unopposed.

Capturing planets is pretty easy. It just takes time and micromanagement. Your opponent was probably working on this invasion scheme back when you had the trade alliance, you know, when he picked out which planets would become his when war was declared.

[ September 30, 2003, 15:48: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

DavidG · #7 September 30th, 2003, 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by Arkcon:
Hmmm...lots happening here. Regarding planet capture, basically, I've seen a small transport, fully loaded, conquer any medium non-breathable with a couple of weapon platforms. Even the AI can do this, so that proves how easy it is.

Are you talking about colonized worlds? I never quite found the troops needed to conquire a homeworld or breathable that is full to the brim with population.