Re: world conquest bats and inf

From: ez058306@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu (Phillip Geiger)

Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Jens-Michael Krumm (krumm@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote:

: In article <3nqh8h$lp9@hilbert.dnai.com>, Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com> writes:
: >I use the Battleship/Infantry approach whenever I the ability to use
: >BATs on an enemy coastline! BATs are the strongest unit in the game,
: >but as Jen pointed out, you will need a destroyer or an ASW airplane
: >to keep those roving wolfpacks from hindering the battleships.

Better yet, a CAR with an ASW or two will pin the SUBs before they get
close enough to pin you...

: >I guess the question is... How do you defend from a Battleship attack?

Best bet:  capture his cities while they're under construction.  You
should be fighting in his cities, not yours...  But if he manages to
sneak up on you or hits you with a "lowlife, Toadlicking attack," I would
suggest building wads of infantry.  Simple, one-dimensional attacks
require simple solutions.  10 INF will take out a BAT any day.

Buildstep for buildstep, INF are the best buy.

: Hey, that's easy:
: 	BUILD BATTLESHIPS :-))

Better yet, play the modern variant!  BATs aren't *completely* useless,
but they're much easier to kill for the following reasons:
	SSNs are much much much better than SUBs, being more lethal,
	  harder to detect, and harder to kill
	BMRs are even better than SSNs, especially when you consider their
	  ranged ability
	destroyers are less effective ASW units
	Modern BATs are slow, are category 2 vs ground units, and only
	  repair 1 hit per turn

In short:
	WWII battleships rock!
	2010 battleships are worthless!

Just MHO, of course - but you're welcome to send those modern BATs after me!

Phil
pggeiger@ucdavis.edu

References

Re: world conquest bats and inf
Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com>
Fri, 28 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: world conquest bats and inf
krumm@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Jens-Michael Krumm)
Tue, 02 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
world conquest bats and inf
GEORGE CAMPBELL <70523.2375@CompuServe.COM>
Tue, 25 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: world conquest bats and inf
krumm@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Jens-Michael Krumm)
Thu, 27 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: world conquest bats and inf
Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com>
Fri, 28 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: world conquest bats and inf
krumm@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Jens-Michael Krumm)
Tue, 02 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000
world conquest bats and inf
GEORGE CAMPBELL <70523.2375@CompuServe.COM>
Tue, 25 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: world conquest bats and inf
krumm@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Jens-Michael Krumm)
Thu, 27 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0000