The non-warship challenge

[jim]

Sometimes, but not at first.

I think some of the strategies are obvious, but there are quite a few. I did not state any in the thread leader post in hope that someone would come up with ones I did not try.

[parabolize]

Originally posted by jim:
Sometimes, but not at first.

I think some of the strategies are obvious, but there are quite a few. I did not state any in the thread leader post in hope that someone would come up with ones I did not try.

ram ships
capture planets (troops are not ships )
intel lots of intel

[Baron Munchausen]

Are there any other strategies in this circumstance than units, units, units? If you don't count stellar manipulation as 'weapons' I guess you go go for broke and try to get planet and star destroyers, and cloaks, as early as possible. But you'd still need the units to feed off the enemies until you got them.

[Arkcon]

Kay, so, what are the rules so far? Ships, weaponless, full of cloaks and shields, is point defense a weapon or a defense?

Planets can have any weapons they want. Sats and mines at warp points. Fighters can fly around a system, but if you use carriers, aren't they just semi-intelligent missiles?

Stellar manipulation all you want. Well, rushing to the turtling stage is one possible goal. TDM Modpack AI's will start opening warp points regularly -- and they put weapons on their manipulator ships.

Using intel can be interesting. But it's been done. With god-like cunning, you can do anything to the AI.

In a current TDM-Modpack game, I'm generating cloaking storms over some planets in a system I share with the Pyrochette. Maybe if they can't see me, they'll be friendly.

[ April 21, 2004, 10:36: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Atrocities]

I will take your ship with no weapons and up you one.

One ship class thats it, one weapon type thats it, and its you against the combined space navys of the best of the best that SEIV has to offer.

That my friend is one hell of a grand game.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
I will take your ship with no weapons and up you one.

One ship class thats it, one weapon type thats it, and its you against the combined space navys of the best of the best that SEIV has to offer.

That my friend is one hell of a grand game.

OK. How bout this. No research. Escorts, DUC I, CSM 1, Ion engine 1, you against the whole galaxy. Hmm. Think I'll try that now.

[Yef]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
OK. How bout this. No research. Escorts, DUC I, CSM 1, Ion engine 1, you against the whole galaxy. Hmm. Think I'll try that now.

No way you can win like this.
Against 20 AIs?
Player against all AIs?
No way.

But keep us informed. It will be fun to see what happens.