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October 13th, 2004, 02:39 PM
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Re: Unique tech from ruins
Ruins can off set a PBW game real quick. I once obtained ICE and Gas planet tech from ruins. My not apply to unique ruins, but still.
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October 13th, 2004, 08:18 PM
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Re: Unique tech from ruins
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Adamant does this as well. You even have to have various theoretical techs available first before you can develop your ruins techs, including a Xenoarchaeology tech area that does nothing but allows ruins techs to be utilized
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This is a COOL idea! Xenoarchaeology indeed!
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Ruins can off set a PBW game real quick. I once obtained ICE and Gas planet tech from ruins. My not apply to unique ruins, but still
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Unfortunately, this is also a highly valid point  |
October 14th, 2004, 04:17 AM
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Re: Unique tech from ruins
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Ruins can off set a PBW game real quick. I once obtained ICE and Gas planet tech from ruins. My not apply to unique ruins, but still.
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Indeed - I once got Space Yards II and III from one ruin - near turn 15 or so! So that put me way up in the construction race
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October 14th, 2004, 04:58 AM
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Re: Unique tech from ruins
It is true that normal techs can give kick off for one player, but unique techs are practically useless except Neural net. And that comes handy only with bigger ships and later in the game.
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October 14th, 2004, 06:52 AM
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Re: Unique tech from ruins
Are the techs set or does it depend on what you are studying?. I used to think it was whatever I was working on and so would fill my research slots with everything that cost 200K or more, then I read that wasn't true.
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October 14th, 2004, 11:25 AM
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Re: Unique tech from ruins
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Randallw said:
Are the techs set or does it depend on what you are studying?. I used to think it was whatever I was working on and so would fill my research slots with everything that cost 200K or more, then I read that wasn't true.
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Unique tech ruins (ie: Neural Net) are set from the beginning. "Normal" tech ruins are determined when you colonize the planet, and it is quite random. |
October 14th, 2004, 12:12 PM
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Re: Unique tech from ruins
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Karibu said:
It is true that normal techs can give kick off for one player, but unique techs are practically useless except Neural net. And that comes handy only with bigger ships and later in the game.
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Actually massive planitary shield has been useful to me. In a PBW game once I wiped out a fleet of 24 ships with one.
I had one small colony planet in a system completely populated by one other player. As often happens diplomacy broke down. Since this planet was all by itself I didn't bother building obital defenceses. But I did build a massive planetary shield and a few weapon platforms.
He was quite shocked when he attacked that planet and was destroyed by my shielded weapon platforms. 
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