Re: Galaxy help needed

From: saschreu@cs.vu.nl (Schreuder SA)

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 13:12:16 +0000

David desJardins <desj@ccr-p.ida.org> writes:
:Schreuder SA <saschreu@cs.vu.nl> writes:
:> You did produce MAT? I can't see any need to produce MAT, except
:> to be able to produce more ton's of ship next turns.
:
:If you have plenty of planets to colonize, then of course you just
:colonize the high-res planets and leave the rest.  But eventually you
:may need to colonize the remaining planets in order to continue your
:expansion.  In this case you have three choices:
:
:  1) Ship a starting supply of capital to the planet, and then produce
:     the remaining industry on the planet using locally produced
:     materials.
:
:  2) Produce as much capital somewhere else as there is room for
:     industry on the planet, and ship it all over.
:
:  3) Produce as much materials somewhere else as there is room for
:     industry on the planet, and ship it to the planet, which then
:     produces capital from it.
:
:Plan 1 often simply takes too long, especially in version 2.X.  A res
:0.2 planet typically takes about twice as long to grow to full size as a
:res 2.0 planet would.  Comparing Plan 2 and Plan 3, we see that both
:plans require exactly the same amount of shipping.  However, Plan 3 has
:the advantage that the materials to be shipped are essentially free.  If
:produced on a high-res planet they cost 20 or 30 times less than capital
:would.

Ok, But you still need to produce the Capital from the MAT on the
planet. With Plan 2, that planet is able to research, which is done
without resources!
HINT: Use the low-resources planets to research!

:> Please no remarks about the inefficient way of colonizing: I developped
:> fully some planets before colonizing new ones. It has a great advantage:
:> My planets are well guarded, and the planet I started had only 3 planets
:> within 10 ly distance, so I wasn't able to colonize many planets.
:
:I have no remarks.  :-)
Thanks.
:
:> Another hint: Build at the start some small ships with enough shields
:> to withstand an attack of 1. I used 6 1 1 6 0 ships.
:> I sent them around, and they have killed a total mass of 200 or more,
:> and bombed 10+ planets.

I forgot to mention I declare Peace on everyone, and used this ships as
scouts: Only because other people were attacking me I destroyed their
ships. There was one exception: I declared war on a neighbour
just to see what he would do. It was my first PBM, so I didn't know
that starting a war is bad for buisiness.

:> Disclamer: It is maybe a good strategy to attack other players, but I
:> am still as peaceful as I can be.
:
:Right.  You start out the game by building warships and attacking your
:neighbors.  And this is "as peaceful as you can be."  I wonder what
:warlike would be for you?
*blush*
You are right. But it was my first PBM-game, and I was justing testing
things like bombing etc. Besides: I was able to continue bombing for 4 turns
with the same ship, without encountering new defenses!

Sjoerd Schreuder

References

Re: Galaxy help needed
amead@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Alan Mead)
Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:14:22 +0000
Re: Galaxy help needed
saschreu@cs.vu.nl (Schreuder SA)
Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:50:30 +0000
Re: Galaxy help needed
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Wed, 13 Jan 1993 21:39:55 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Galaxy help needed
amead@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Alan Mead)
Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:14:22 +0000
Re: Galaxy help needed
saschreu@cs.vu.nl (Schreuder SA)
Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:50:30 +0000
Re: Galaxy help needed
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Wed, 13 Jan 1993 21:39:55 +0000