Oh, this is fun!

[JLS]

What have you been seeing for Point Defense with the AI desighns, dbt1949?

[ June 13, 2003, 17:18: Message edited by: JLS ]

[dbt1949]

From light cruisers on up there seem to be 2-3 point defense guns per ship.
There doesn't seem to be too many(if any) on weapons platforms tho,from what I see.
I seldom run across base ships but there's only 2-3 on them too.
AI small satellites are a joke but their mines can be trouble whenever I forget to take a minesweeper or two with me.
The AI,once it researchs dreadnaughts never makes anything smaller,altho it will use old light cruisers and such.
The largest fleet I've ever seen is 16 dreadnaughts.I took it apart with only a couple of dreadnaughts and hordes of DDs and CLs.

[Fyron]

Something like 72 billion population. I've been transfering people to it like crazy.Have it over half filled now.

You get no bonuses past 10 billion, so it is wasteful to have more than 10 billion on a RW or SW (esp. agaisnt the AI).

Originally posted by JLS:
I have a habit of setting Physical strength low, too, dbt1949.
Around 80% works for me. Some planets can only hold a few troops
Don't forget adding Armor, for those troops.

Don't use armor on your troops. Shields are much stronger, and they count as generic hit points on troops, not actual shield layers. So, things like PPBs and SDs don't make a difference.

DDs and CLs.

Technically, it is DS and LC in SE4. Check VehicleSizes.txt.

[ June 13, 2003, 20:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[dbt1949]

You're right about the designations of the ship sizes.
However,I'm old school(and very old too!) and I like to use the designations used in WW2 for my ships rather than names.Makes it much easier for me to know what I have.

[PvK]

Yeah, in SE3 you could change those without modding the game data.

PvK

Originally posted by dbt1949:
You're right about the designations of the ship sizes.
However,I'm old school(and very old too!) and I like to use the designations used in WW2 for my ships rather than names.Makes it much easier for me to know what I have.

[JLS]

Originally posted by dbt1949:
From light cruisers on up there seem to be 2-3 point defense guns per ship.
There doesn't seem to be too many(if any) on weapons platforms tho,from what I see.
I seldom run across base ships but there's only 2-3 on them too.
AI small satellites are a joke but their mines can be trouble whenever I forget to take a minesweeper or two with me.
The AI,once it researchs dreadnaughts never makes anything smaller,altho it will use old light cruisers and such.
The largest fleet I've ever seen is 16 dreadnaughts.I took it apart with only a couple of dreadnaughts and hordes of DDs and CLs.

Sure, why not.

Did you tackle the 16 dreadnaughts with any of your fighters?

[dbt1949]

Did you tackle the 16 dreadnaughts with any of your fighters?

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In that particular battle I didn't. I've now got a good size battle fleet,for me,(44 ships) and I've got a heavy carrier with heavy(large) fighters,but haven't had a chance to go tactical yet to see how they work out. I did build a large cargo ship to carry extra fighter to replace those that are lost. It holds almost 300 heavy fighters.It travels with the fleet too.
The AI is starting to stiffen up somemore so I may be going to tactical again pretty soon
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