genocide vs ground assault

[mottlee]

I have had the AI drop troops 1 time this was on a world that I had just taken,(was a 1 sided fight) tho I have yet to have them do it again (KILL KILL)

[Triumvir Emphy]

The question i have is did the AI have the forces to hold that planet incase you came back, if i didn't have the power to hold that territory i would have glassed my own planet too.

[Jason2]

Always glass planets - always It is too much of a pain IMHO to keep other races - often makes it more confusing (although that might just be a comment on my own grey matter abilities...). By the time I'm conquering the whole galaxy I almost always have all 3 techs for colonizing... so I just send ships with transports full of my own race....


Jason2

[rdouglass]

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Originally posted by Jason2:
Always glass planets - always It is too much of a pain IMHO to keep other races - often makes it more confusing (although that might just be a comment on my own grey matter abilities...). By the time I'm conquering the whole galaxy I almost always have all 3 techs for colonizing... so I just send ships with transports full of my own race....
Jason2

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You may change your oppinion once you've played a game where you can only colonize your race and planet type. I too was one who wiped 'em out and recolonized (or slaved 'em after surrender). Now with the new settings (makes it a LOT different and longer folks) the whole ground combat issue becomes far more important. Check out some of the other threads for more...

[jimbob55]

Doesn't glassing a planet reduce the mineral values?
I think one of my planets got nuked and when i recolonised, it wasn't worth building mines on.
I'm sure I saw something in a data file that suggested it did.

[Q]

The value of all resources are reduced after the complete elimination of the population and you can modify the amount of reduction (if I remember correct in the settings file).
Personally I always use troops to conquer planets if possible. But in the beginning of the game, when you don't have the troop technology yet, there is no other solution to efficiently weaken an enemy empire than to destroy their colonies.

[Puke]

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Originally posted by Q:
But in the beginning of the game, when you don't have the troop technology yet, there is no other solution to efficiently weaken an enemy empire than to destroy their colonies.

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unless you can blocade them into surrendering. three ships will usually hold a planet against anything they can launch locally in one turn, and the rest of the fleet can move arround to insure space superiority.