Re: VGA-Planets: Who knows best?

From: nowakowsky@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA

Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 21:16:02 +0000

In article <14.00716497@FANTASY.zer.sub.org>, holgi@fantasy.comlink.de writes:
>Hello everybody outside!
>I'm kind of a newcomer to vgaplanets and wud like to ask you
>cracks a few questions.
>First of all: Is there any connection between the number of
>defence-plots on a planet and the number of fighters/lasers it
>has in a battle and if yes, has anyone figured it out yet?

Yes, there is a correlation between defense posts and fighters/beams.  It
appears to be the square root of the defense.  This is only my guestimate but
it is a good rule of thumb.

>Second: Is there any chance to determin which ships will be
>confronted first in a multi-ship-battle?
The ship with the lowest ID numbers fighter first, then you work up the scale.
Freighters with low ID numbers are not good.  On the other hand a ship with a
lower ID number can intercept a ship with a higher but not vice versa.

>Third: Is the Lizard-race really THAT bad?

Actually I rather like the lizards, if you have the registered version.  They
have a battleship that is very cheap and very effective.  Any race with a
massive ship is good.  The race I dislike is the Privateers.  They have no
ships over 150 mass.  The very best race for individual ships is the Evil
Empire and then the Cyborgs (Borgs).  They both have Super Duper ships of over
900 mass.  The next largest ship is the Fed NOVA class at 560 (or so).  Mass =
Defense.  Any empire with a massive fighter carrier is also very effective.  I
am in a game as the Evil Empire and the Gorbie BattleCarrier (Death Star) is
nearly unstoppable.  The Feds need 5 of their largest ships on the same turn ot
even have a chance of winning.

>Thanx in advance for your help!
>Holgi

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VGA-Planets: Who knows best?
holgi@fantasy.comlink.de
Fri, 26 Feb 1993 20:43:00 +0000

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VGA-Planets: Who knows best?
holgi@fantasy.comlink.de
Fri, 26 Feb 1993 20:43:00 +0000