Fight Dirty?

[Ed Kolis]

Hey Pooka... you know if your opponent and his allies get wind of the fact that you have an entire forum backing you up here...

Naah, your opponent already has all those allies IN GAME, who would HE be calling a baby

[Xaren Hypr]

Well there is nothing wrong with getting a little out-of-game advice when you are still relatively new....esp. when your opponent is getting massive amounts of in-game assistance .

Just a thought...

[Pooka]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Hey Pooka... you know if your opponent and his allies get wind of the fact that you have an entire forum backing you up here...

Naah, your opponent already has all those allies IN GAME, who would HE be calling a baby

It's true, he could call me all sorts of things. But if I(3 systems, 12 planets) beat him (14systems, 30+ planets) and he makes a fuss about it my reply is simple:

"Just because I used every asset at my disposal to defeat you, and you foolishly didn't employ all of your assets, does NOT give you the right to whine like the little ***** I turned you into."

Or, to quote my friend:

"If you're not cheating, you're not trying hard enough."

[Dingocat85]

Originally posted by Wardad:
Yes the max is 100 mines.
Unless your playing an older Version and know the exploit

I wouldn't know, since I have SE4 non-Gold , but is the exploit
1) laying 99 mines, then
2) laying as many mines as possible?

[dogscoff]

The other mine exploit (well, more of a tactic than an exploit IMO) is for player one to lay a huge stack of mines at a location, then gift the minesweeper to player 2 who then lays a bunch more. Assuming player three is at war with both players 1 & 2, the mine-per-sector limit has been effectively doubled.

And of course you can do this as many times as you have allies...

[Loser]

Originally posted by Aloofi:
Do you like Tatu?

I knew this thread was missing something, and now I know what it was: off-topic little Russian kissing-girls.

They're little girls. They're Russian. They're peddling the appearance of juvenile promiscuity. They kiss each other. Their music is currently tolerable (but could easily be over played, even more easily than No Doubt). What's not to like?

[jimbob]

Hey, you're playing a non-gold game right? so who is at the top of the turn ladder? 'Cause if it isn't a gold game, then Warp Point camping isn't going to do you any good:

If he is higher in the game turn order, then when he comes through the warp point, he will get first shot on you = you die (sorry, nice knowning you )

If you are higher on the game turn ladder, then when you go through the warp point you will get first shot.

Then the only advantage to letting him come to you is that he'll run into your mines. conversely the only thing holding you back from attacking him is that you'll need to build a bunch of minesweepers.

hope that clairifies things. I just think it would be a shame for you to build up and camp on your side of the warp point only to have him come through and get the first shot... better you sit back one space from the warp point, let him come through and then engage him in combat. Besides, if you back away you may be able to coax him into your minefield before he has sufficient minesweepers ready

[Ed Kolis]

Hey... you don't have warp openers do you?

I bet he'd NEVER expect that...

Of course they're fairly expensive to research and build, so if you don't already have a lot of research points it's probably not worth bothering with, but it's a thought...

Also remember that there can only be 1 warp point between 2 systems, so if you're in Utekra and he's across the warp point in Wertuy you can't open a warp from Utekra to Wertuy... but you could open a warp from one of your other systems to Wertuy, or open a warp from one of your systems to his unguarded inner systems (if you have warp openers of the appropriate range )

[Pooka]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Hey... you don't have warp openers do you?

I bet he'd NEVER expect that...

Of course they're fairly expensive to research and build, so if you don't already have a lot of research points it's probably not worth bothering with, but it's a thought...

Also remember that there can only be 1 warp point between 2 systems, so if you're in Utekra and he's across the warp point in Wertuy you can't open a warp from Utekra to Wertuy... but you could open a warp from one of your other systems to Wertuy, or open a warp from one of your systems to his unguarded inner systems (if you have warp openers of the appropriate range )

I've got Stellar Manip 1. Pondering going to 2 but weapons tech seems more important just yet. I might be able to get SM3 from someone else though. It may be worth trying.

[Pooka]

Originally posted by jimbob:
Hey, you're playing a non-gold game right? so who is at the top of the turn ladder? 'Cause if it isn't a gold game, then Warp Point camping isn't going to do you any good:

If he is higher in the game turn order, then when he comes through the warp point, he will get first shot on you = you die (sorry, nice knowning you )

If you are higher on the game turn ladder, then when you go through the warp point you will get first shot.

Then the only advantage to letting him come to you is that he'll run into your mines. conversely the only thing holding you back from attacking him is that you'll need to build a bunch of minesweepers.

hope that clairifies things. I just think it would be a shame for you to build up and camp on your side of the warp point only to have him come through and get the first shot... better you sit back one space from the warp point, let him come through and then engage him in combat. Besides, if you back away you may be able to coax him into your minefield before he has sufficient minesweepers ready

I think I'm in front of him on the turn list. I'm above him on the list displayed when you login.