Re: strategies

From: wayne@wam.umd.edu (Wayne McCullough)

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 15:41:33 +0000

In article <MONTY.93Jan19160959@banach.iesd.auc.dk> monty@iesd.auc.dk (Torben Thellefsen Nielsen) writes:
>In article <1jgbauINN7q5@ub.d.umn.edu> khuber@ub.d.umn.edu (Kevin Huber) writes:
>>   Yeah, I know these are kind of lame, but I just wanted to get the ball
>>   rolling.
>
>Good idea! Let's have some more... (but not too much of the lame
>stuff, though ;-) )
>
>I can add:
>To get a LOT of MC's very early in the game, start your game off by
>setting colonists' tax rate to 100% for A FEW turns (max. 2) and then
>lowering it to an acceptable level (5-7%) to allow them to calm down.
>Then raise it again, etc. But be careful: Missing a turn will give you
>HUGE problems on the planet!!! (Try it out for yourself).
>What starships concern, quality is MUCH better than quantity - a big
>ship with 8 heavy blasters and 4 mark 4 photon torps can kill off a
>LOT of small ships! (But use a bunch of small ships carrying many
>small beam weapons to kill off a planet's fighters - they usually get
>1-2 rounds of fire against the fighters).
>
>Torben

One strategy I like is to build early a bunch of scout vessels, and then
send them into enemy teritory, looking for planets and frieghters.  Sure,
once a single one of his capitol ships catches up, your ship is toast, but
most of his planets will be bait, and will have enough Fuel to keep it going,
and he will spend most of his resources trying to stop you instead of
disrupting your planets, so you can build the capitol ships to finish him
off.

Wayne of The Empire of the Wayne

References

strategies
khuber@ub.d.umn.edu (Kevin Huber)
Tue, 19 Jan 1993 07:41:18 +0000
Re: strategies
monty@iesd.auc.dk (Torben Thellefsen Nielsen)
Tue, 19 Jan 1993 16:09:59 +0000

Referenced By

strategies
khuber@ub.d.umn.edu (Kevin Huber)
Tue, 19 Jan 1993 07:41:18 +0000
Re: strategies
monty@iesd.auc.dk (Torben Thellefsen Nielsen)
Tue, 19 Jan 1993 16:09:59 +0000