Re: VGA Planets - attacking starbases

From: mxb8@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew Bakaitis)

Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 06:36:15 +0000

In a previous article, simons@plains.NoDak.edu (C. Patrick Simons) says:

>Ok.  Has anyone playing VGA Planets managed to take out a starbase?

Fighters are the key...though it can be done with single capital
ships, for a price.
	If you think about what killed you off, it was probably the
fighters.  That's what you need to do the job.
	We held a quick game where the game was narrowed down to the
Evil Empire and the Cyborgs.  The Evil Empire had put all their money
into their biggest carrier and nearly filled the fighter bays.  They sent
it after the Cyborg's home planet since the Borg only had one starbase.
	To make it short, the EE carrier took minimal losses.  All the
damage it took was from torpedoes.  Beams are useless until every fighter
is dead, because fighters are shot at first before warships.
	The fighters drew off any beam fire while attacking on their own
AND allowing the carrier to add in additional beam fire (tech 5) to the
fray.

The carrier swept through 5 Cyborg warships, cleaned up MANY
freighters and captured ships, and stomped the starbase (unmodified from
its original form).
	It ended with 60% damage.  It had about 40 fighters remaining.

Fighters.  Try out a similar situation...

Imbalance?  I'd say yes...especially playing a Privateer with
		no carriers until tech level 10.

Matt Bakaitis
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Matt Bakaitis
mxb8@po.cwru.edu

References

VGA Planets - attacking starbases
simons@plains.NoDak.edu (C. Patrick Simons)
Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:13:43 +0000

Referenced By

VGA Planets - attacking starbases
simons@plains.NoDak.edu (C. Patrick Simons)
Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:13:43 +0000