RTH has filled all slots; discuss the game here! - Page 26

Ragnarok · #**251** April 8th, 2004, 02:27 PM

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Originally posted by Renegade 13:

But seriously, I'm not ready yet!!

That reminds me of an old saying..."Ready or not, here I come!" -- from the great game of hide and seek.

Spoo · #**252** April 9th, 2004, 04:28 AM

I'm going to try converting one of those null asteroid fields either this turn or next, so if the game breaks you'll know why.

Renegade 13 · #**253** April 9th, 2004, 04:52 AM

Grrr....you better not break the game...

Cirvol · #**254** April 9th, 2004, 05:23 PM

yup, it was primitive, he stuck his head thru the warppoint into my space this turn with a single battleship - and of course - ran away.

i imagine he's going to bring friends with him when he returns

what else would a BERZERK, non-existant strength race with - adv.storage, adv.propulsion, temporal, crystaline, hardy industrials and maxed out ship combat stats do???

*waits for the **** to hit the fan*

[ April 09, 2004, 16:26: Message edited by: Cirvol ]

Spoo · #**255** April 9th, 2004, 07:37 PM

Well, I didn't break the game, but I didn't get a planet either. I wonder if remote mining will work? Those "asteroids" have some nice values.

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what else would a BERZERK, non-existant strength race with - adv.storage, adv.propulsion, temporal, crystaline, hardy industrials and maxed out ship combat stats do???

Wow, that sounds like my race! Hey Primitive, let's be friends.

[ April 09, 2004, 18:38: Message edited by: Spoo ]

Renegade 13 · #**256** April 9th, 2004, 09:04 PM

I'm wondering...is there any advantage to using battleships as your main combat force rather than dreadnoughts? Because it seems like I've heard a few times that battleships are better to use for some reason, but I've never heard why. Could someone tell me please??

Phoenix-D · #**257** April 10th, 2004, 12:03 AM

Battleships are faster and get the same type of weapon mounts.

Renegade 13 · #**258** April 10th, 2004, 12:14 AM

Faster yes, but there's also 200kT less space for components. Yeah, battleships also have less space taken up by life support and crew quarters, but if you have the master computer (an expensive component) that doesn't matter, and with dreadnoughts you'll use fewer master computers total, as you won't be able to afford quite as many ships as you would if you went with battleships. So are there any super-important reasons, besides speed, that say I should go with battleships?? And is 1 point in speed that important? By the way, thanks a lot for the help

primitive · #**259** April 10th, 2004, 01:25 AM

One point of speed can be crucial for catching that raider fleet or if you are the raider, getting away

For a fulltech game with ample resources like RTH, expect to see plenty of Baseships in the main battle formations. Smaller and faster ships like Battleships are more usefull for scouting, raiding and suicide missions to slow down the enemies main fleets.

Phoenix-D · #**260** April 10th, 2004, 01:30 AM

Note that Baseships get a 40% defense penalty, so be careful using them.