Waging war in SE5

[tmcc]

I disagree on the effectiveness of PD in stock. I ran several tests in the simulator. Assuming all components at lvl 5 a ship with 4 PDCs and Combat Sensors never hits more than 1 of 3 incoming missiles. PDCs on vehicles not targeted by seekers almost always miss seekers aimed at other vehicles.

[pujal]

I also have not seen an AI ship armed with anything other than a DUC

Yea, same.

[Astax]

I have ran into more complexed AI ships in 1.08.

Anyway this thread is very interesting. I've learned a lot from this. In SE IV Capital Ship Missles where overpowered too. That was due to retarded AI mostly, but also the game design. You could move into range fire missles and move out of the range of the weapon platforms. I have toppled entire empires with few crummy Missle DDs or FFs. That was hardly fun.

I'm still new to SE V and have yet to fnish a game. Then again I hardly ever finished a game of SE IV past my first few.

[Suicide Junkie]

I suppose it depends on your definition of finished.

Playing it to the bitter end, glassing every last colony, or playing it down until it is obvious who will win and the other player(s) concede defeat...

[Moriarty]

or playing it down until it is obvious who will win and the other player(s) concede defeat...

Yes, but playing a game for 30 turns and then having to restart and do it all over again does get boring.
Mind so does glassing an enemy that's still playing with toy frigates.


Personally I found that a dreadnaught can easily carry enough ordanance (cargo lvl 20 - about 6000 units) to wipe out an entire race single handedly. And cargo-lvl 20 is pretty cheap from an RP front.