Seeing Minefields

[Dubrok]

does someone know what treaty allows another player to see my minefields?
because i don't want my allies to tell my enemies where my minefields are...

thx, Dubrok

[geoschmo]

There is no way in the game for anyone else to see your minefields, unless you are playing some mod that allows it. Unless you tell them where they are, or they look at your turn somehow, you are fine.

[Slick]

You can't see other's minefields in the stock game. You will learn of a minefield location only after running into one. This will be shown as a blue square around the sector designating it as a minefield marker.

edit: seconds too slow...

Slick.

[ April 23, 2004, 20:58: Message edited by: Slick ]

[JurijD]

what minefields are those that u are so worried about anyway

and what allies are those u fear might betray u

well doesn´t matter anyway, not whith 45 of my finest battleships comming into your home system next turn

[Dubrok]

yeah, i still don't understand why my ships just destroyed 1 or 2 of yours and my fleet of 40 or something got wiped out ?!
I don't know if i understood "strategies"...
nevermind, it's my second game, my other game is just starting, but i learned alot and i am at place 3 now in a 14 player game :-) (no war yet at turn 21)

i will start a rebellion and use some guerilla tactics, maybe that will scare you out of my systems...lol

Dubrok

[Spoo]

yeah, i still don't understand why my ships just destroyed 1 or 2 of yours and my fleet of 40 or something got wiped out ?!

Never underestimate training (or the Religious Talisman).

[primitive]

Dubrok:
Training and combat sensor is the key (and not forgetting giving yourself some nice combat bonuses at race setup). If you can’t hit the other guy, it doesn’t matter how many ships you got

As for strategies, here is the Primitive way:
Unless you are 100 % sure you are ahead in the bonus race, go for Point Blank (as ship strategy) and select Nearest first. And don’t forget to make your ships break formation.

[JurijD]

Originally posted by Dubrok:
yeah, i still don't understand why my ships just destroyed 1 or 2 of yours and my fleet of 40 or something got wiped out ?!
I don't know if i understood "strategies"...
nevermind, it's my second game, my other game is just starting, but i learned alot and i am at place 3 now in a 14 player game :-) (no war yet at turn 21)

i will start a rebellion and use some guerilla tactics, maybe that will scare you out of my systems...lol

Dubrok

Well if u are ever in doubt u should go look at the sombat replay

But here is the short Version:
1. u had cruisers, I had bettleships; therefore I had a big weapon bonus on you due to the heavy mount.
2. some 10 of those ships of yours were missle ships, which are useless because I have enough PDC V on my ships
3. my ships all have the religious talisman on them whereas you only put it on some
4. my ships use Anti Proton beams XII whereas your ships use Phased polaron beams... so my ships mostly just hit your ships and then ran away
5. u prolly didn´t choose the max. weapons range strategy.
6. my ships have Phased shields V (whereas your ships don´t )

this prolly sums it up.

Guerilla tactics? Now why go and make things dirty when I offered that nice subjugation treaty to you. Just surrender yourself to me and I promise I won´t hurt u