Getting it handed to me by the AI :(

Alneyan · #1 October 4th, 2004, 11:46 AM

You should put Supply Storages on your vessels, especially if you do not have enough shields to soak up the engine depleting attacks. Losing all your engines will destroy their supply storage, and you cannot fire anything (including PDC) if you do not have any supply storage, even with the Quantum Reactor (an unlimited zero still gives zero for the game).

Units may be another solution to take care of this matter, especially if they are lacking in weapons able to target units. A combined force of warships and fighters might do the trick if they reach the enemy ships nearly at the same time; you will take casualties, but hopefully your fodder should Last long enough to win the day.

Timstone · #2 October 4th, 2004, 11:57 AM

Just build a star destroying ship and wipe out the biggest hotspots. A costly strategy, but very rewarding. If I really hate an AI opponent (Like the EEE), I always try to build one and nuke his homesystem. A lot of bang for your buck!

Arakiel · #3 October 4th, 2004, 12:05 PM

The new ships all have quantum reactors, problem seems to be the lack of maneuverability makes them sitting ducks. Without getting down his throat I have horrible hit % due to his high defense characteristic. Conversly he has the Talisman so he always hits no matter what. So he can just hover on the outside of my immobile ships and pound me.
Don't get me wrong, i'm still winning, it's just alot slower and more expensive then it should be all things considered. Overall it makes me happy that a generic AI race I designed is doing so well

Arakiel · #4 October 4th, 2004, 12:09 PM

LOL Timestone - I just did that in a previous game. I closed all WP into my territory and only opened new ones when and where I wanted to send my stellar nuke in. It was expensive to run but kind of funny to watch the AI be totally helpless. I think after about 25 systems he was effectivly done in.

The Ai just doesnt seem capable of handling opening WP into your systems because even though he had the tech (I assume he did anyway since he out-teched me and was building planets) he never once opened a new portal into my core systems. If he had I would have been screwed because I had gotten lazy and had all my forces in one spot on the front line.

Timstone · #5 October 4th, 2004, 01:21 PM

Ouch, 25 systems! My goodness!
Now that's a warmachine. I don't like the super long games, I tend to finish games in about 200 turns. Any more then that and I get very bored and overwhelmd by the huge amount of planets and ships to look after. I like small, fast games so I almost never get to the making of a star destroying ship.

Aiken · #6 October 4th, 2004, 02:27 PM

Arakiel, I have an impression that your ships are not trained at all. As well as your fleets. Aren't they?

Arakiel · #7 October 4th, 2004, 02:46 PM

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aiken said:
Arakiel, I have an impression that your ships are not trained at all. As well as your fleets. Aren't they?

Correct...soon to be corrected. I focused on other areas and neglected my ship and fleet training centers this time. Not sure how I managed to do that, but I did. Got the tech for it late Last night so I'll be building a few when I get back to the game tonight and hopefully things will start going better. Otherwise having a slugfest like this would be fun with a human opponent but against the AI it will quickly get boring.

Alneyan · #8 October 4th, 2004, 02:59 PM

Oops. You are correct Fyron; it looks like I have confused no supply with no supply storage (you need one supply to operate components without supplies, but you do not need storage to use the Quantum Reactor, contrary to what I stated).

Arkcon · #9 October 5th, 2004, 08:17 PM

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Arakiel said:
The Ai just doesnt seem capable of handling opening WP into your systems because even though he had the tech (I assume he did anyway since he out-teched me and was building planets) he never once opened a new portal into my core systems. If he had I would have been screwed because I had gotten lazy and had all my forces in one spot on the front line.

Some of the TDM Mod Pack races are very good at remakeing the galaxy map to their liking. Some other ones also use star destroyers -- but they're kinda random in selecting what star to nuke.

Master Belisarius · #10 October 5th, 2004, 09:38 PM

The AI open holes to systems that has not scouted yet... And usually open the hole from an empty system or a system where has not planets.