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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 5th, 2003, 06:33 PM
Replies: 133
Views: 19,816
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Fight Dirty?

Does he have ships or bases with space yard components on them? If so, steal one of those. Then use the space yard to deconstruct and analyze on the spot! This works, but I don't know if this...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 5th, 2003, 04:07 AM
Replies: 4,045
Views: 417,722
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

LOL Get thee to an optometrist! That's "earned" not "learned"! LOL
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 5th, 2003, 01:36 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,732
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: System Facilities - bugged?

Hmm, this is a bit of a puzzle. From what you say, something does seem wrong.

Here is the way it should work.

To put in the System Robotoid, you must of course scrap one facility to make room,...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 5th, 2003, 01:23 AM
Replies: 4,045
Views: 417,722
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

Who? Me? Sandbagging? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Goz and I have met before and in fact are playing in another game right now. (A titanic struggle looms.) He is...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 4th, 2003, 07:19 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 8,224
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Ratings

It seems there is some childish moron on the Boards lately who glories in the ability to force a newby's rating as low as possible. I'm sure he would give them a zero were it possible. SgtBigG, you...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 4th, 2003, 07:09 PM
Replies: 4,045
Views: 417,722
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

Timing is everything.

I wanted my first game to be against one of those "0 and 5" guys so I could have a faint hope of winning. But NOOO, I draw Gozguy ...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 4th, 2003, 06:58 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,564
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: How best to use Null Space weapons?

Oleg, I only ever play simul! I am successfully boarding SDD equipped ships in simul play.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 4th, 2003, 05:43 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,564
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: How best to use Null Space weapons?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not so! I am currently playing my best ever game against the TDM races. I was hemmed in badly at first and the only way to gain tech was with...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 1st, 2003, 06:09 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,563
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Do Weapons Platform Need Help?

Rex, I've felt this way for a long time. All that incredible range wasted because they can't hit diddly way out there. By the time the ships are close enough that they can hit with any certainty,...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 26th, 2003, 07:01 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 835
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: PBW and Cloaking

You must decloak! A fully cloaked and undetected fleet cannot attack or be attacked. Just leave one (or all) of your auxilliary ships uncloaked then the whole fleet can attack.

In one game (v....
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 26th, 2003, 06:52 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,351
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: How to not glass

The only sure way I know of to destroy planet based defenses and not the population is to land troops on the planet. Here's how it works in simul games.

Load up a transport with troops and give...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 26th, 2003, 05:56 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,910
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: refiting an existing ship

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Er... And you did this by modding your space yards to have the resupply ability, maybe?? ...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 26th, 2003, 05:17 AM
Replies: 4,045
Views: 417,722
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

Hey, Geo, don't forget me! Think you can squeeze me in now that there are a few returning to the bottom looking for an easy victory?

Warning: I do not play as fast as Geo and Rags but I'm steady...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 26th, 2003, 04:31 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,351
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: How to not glass

Pocus, please post back here if any of those ideas work. I don't think they will. I believe the only thing that will work is to set your movement strategy for both fleet and ships to "Don't get...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 21st, 2003, 05:36 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 5,495
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: A question about solar panels

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah! Never could figure out why a solar sail caused the engines to use fuel...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 19th, 2003, 11:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,196
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: opinion of a new player

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bernd:
i am new to seIV and i am still not sure if i really like the game. but i can tell you that i am positively surprised about the great complexity in a game which...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 19th, 2003, 06:23 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,333
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: How to Trade Technology

Okay class, you scored 50% on that test. Fyron got 100% and Rags got 0%. Rags you gotta stop dragging the class average down! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif (Just...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 18th, 2003, 07:46 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,943
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Some Questions About Warp Assaults

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Send in a single stripped down escort; you'll see just as much.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 18th, 2003, 06:04 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,943
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Some Questions About Warp Assaults

Posted by QuarianRex
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">How do I number my ships? I haven't figured out a way to do this. Or do you mean just change the name of each ship?
...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 18th, 2003, 02:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,943
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Some Questions About Warp Assaults

I'll just answer a few of these.

Originally posted by SamuraiProgrammer:
Is this normally how games are decided?

I would say no. I think most games are decided by planet losses.

Is there...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 18th, 2003, 02:45 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,926
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: warp point opening technology - How?

Posted by Mega Train
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Better still, start with fleet one sector away from the opener. Order it to move to the opener, then move to the target...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 18th, 2003, 01:44 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,978
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Counter-Intelligence Ineffective?

Okay, Tbontob, lets see if I have this straight.

You had and still have several CI projects operating.
You received and intel sabotage attack which deleted a crew insurrection under contruction....
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 16th, 2003, 05:49 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,644
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: My first ringworld!

Well, R. , a ringworld. Isn't that the "kat's" meow! I hope no one "wanders" by looking to have it for his own meow. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 15th, 2003, 01:27 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,060
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Empire creation->Tolerance ?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Beats me. What I have noticed is, if you crank repro too high, it seems you end up with half your fleet as pop. transports to keep any kind of...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 15th, 2003, 01:21 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,060
Posted By Grandpa Kim
Re: Empire creation->Tolerance ?

Posted by Asmala

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Quite right Asmala, but starting happiness is "happy", so we are actually in agreement. Indifferent/Unpleasant is the 0/0...
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