Ground Combat - anyone use it?

Hydraa · #1 March 13th, 2001, 01:03 AM

Another reason to capture a planet is to be able to access a facility that you can not build either yet or ever.

raynor · #2 March 13th, 2001, 01:12 AM

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Originally posted by Hydraa:
Another reason to capture a planet is to be able to access a facility that you can not build either yet or ever.

In my Last game, I captured a planet with a Nature Shrine on it. I was pretty happy. Plus, the race had Adv. Storage so the tiny world had 6 out of 5 facilities on it.

pathfinder · #3 March 13th, 2001, 02:32 AM

Possum: I am with ya on that. I make assult ships (Tarawa, Guadacanal) and if I remember to I get big ship and add fighters to it (not necessarily a carrier) for a true assult group)....

KiloOhm · #4 March 14th, 2001, 02:24 AM

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Originally posted by Possum:
KiloOhm

Would you understand any better if I told you my daddy did 28 years in the Corps?

Heh, OK, I have a thing about amphibious ops, and this is the SE4 equivalent. I even build specialized bombardment ships to give the Marines fire support

(Geeze...you guys are a touchy bunch!

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Well... This isn't real life.

Yes, in real life, you [B}need[/B} troops to take territory.

All I'm saying is that for all the effort, researching, building, transporting, etc... I'd just assume glass the planet and let my colony ship minster do the dirty work.

In MOO (1 or 2), I always tried to take a planet because of the possibility of new tech and sending troops to the planet wasn't such a pain in the arse. I'm glad I appear to be wrong (a lot of people seem to use it) so I'll make an effort to try ground troops out and see what I'm missing.

BTW, does the AI actually do ground assaults ok now? I remember there was a problem where they would glass the planet even after all defenses gone.

I'll try it out tonight, thanks for your comments.

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Regards,
KiloOhm

[This message has been edited by KiloOhm (edited 13 March 2001).]