A few more Newbie Questions & some Observations..

[Suicide Junkie]

Also, on that subject.. eg. "lost points".. I gather that intel & research points "leftover" after the completion of a topic are lost, unless you repeat it.

If your projects don't require all the points you are generating, ADD MORE!
All the extras will spillover into the next project.

Also, be sure to NOT choose "distribute points evenly"

[Dogberry]

Ouch ! Now I am confused about the lost points ! If you run a bunch of projects & divide the points evenly .. you lose the leftovers ? If you repeat the project, you retain them ? If you take projects one-by-one... you also use the leftover points ?

Vs. the AI, this is of little consequence, but in MP .. my bet is every point of any sort counts !

Also nobody answered my Multiplex whatsit question ... ... better luck tomorrow.

Plan on doing TDM .. as soon as my Mega Evil conquers the board. Mostly just going through the tech now, & trekking my different kinds of breathers around the board, & trying to figure out how to safely get through those super-squished warp points .. next to Black Holes.

thanks..

Dog

[ May 26, 2002, 15:58: Message edited by: Dogberry ]

[PDF]

Multiplex just allows your ship to fire at more than 1 target, so I don't grasp your question ...
As for Research just don't divide, spillover is lost in this case, rather always put enough projects Online !
Same for Intel, except that Counter-Intel never finishes, these are "permanent" projects to foil enemy intel, their "progress" is meaningless.

[Dogberry]

Well.. say I have Multiplex 3 .. I have 3 sets of weapons on a ship & I have 3 targets at the same range. I choose the first target & let go, all my weapons fire. So I really can't target 3 different enemy vessels under these circumstances. Is this the way it is supposed to work ?

I wonder how this works when you use strategic combat. Any benefit to having these things ?

thanks,

Dog

[oleg]

Well, first of all, if you use tactical, you can deselect some weapons, fire on one ship and if you are satisfied with damage, you can redirect the fire of reselected weapons to another target, providing you have multiplex targeting. If not, you are committed to the first ship no matter what. In strategic, it is more tricky. You may need to play with target priorities for your ship if you want your ships to distribute fire once damage objectives are meet (like no weapons left).

In either case, if your Dreadnought pulverized enemy scout with just one shot, you can fire rest of weapons on other shipe, _IF_ you have multiplex.

[ May 26, 2002, 20:08: Message edited by: oleg ]

[Taera]

If you use tactical combat, when you fire weapons you can deselect some of the weapons to fire them on other targets. you wont be able to do so unless you have multiplex, and even then the number of targets is limited.

For strategical combat, there is the damage percent. If the enemy is dead and there are still other weapons over the "percent" the ship will fire on other targets given it has multiplex.
Also ships can use their PDC as a weapon(meaning wont fire automaticaly but aimed) after firing on ships with the use of multiplex.

Hope that helps.

[Krsqk]

As oleg said, if you destroy a target and still have unfired weapons, you can choose a new target--especially useful against fighter stacks and smaller ships. Point-defense weapons do not count toward the multiplex limit.

When you fired at max range targets, only the weapons capable of firing at that range fired. At medium range, any weapon which was left and could reach the target fired. At short range, all remaining weapons fired. This is why you saw the multiplex effect at different ranges. I have no idea if the AI (strategic combat) will make use of multiplex tracking.

If your projects don't require all the points you are generating, ADD MORE!
All the extras will spillover into the next project.

This is the best advice I can give. If you divide points, any points contributed to a project which exceed the amount needed to complete it provide no benefit. Eg., If you need 15000 points to research Projectile Weapons lvl 3, and you are spending 25000 on the project because of divide evenly, you effectively lose 10000 points. It is better to line up several projects at once to use up the excess, and leave "Repeat Projects" on.