Stealth Armour/Cloaking - possible bug

Growltigga · #1 January 9th, 2002, 04:17 PM

I suspect you are right about the 'scissors, rock, paper' test - a lot of this game appears to follow that concept

the same also applies to a lot of boardgames - once you had the hang of what was the rock/scissor/paper etc, you had pretty much exhausted everything - I always used to rely on the 'Godzilla effect' ie putting my foot throught the gaming board when frustrated

Gryphin · #2 January 9th, 2002, 04:59 PM

Growltigga,
Re: 'scissors, rock, paper'. That is the pleasure in playing against "Humans". You never know what 'scissors, rock, or paper' they will use. The AI, (algorithm intellect), is fairly predictable after a while.

Growltigga · #3 January 9th, 2002, 05:37 PM

Gryphin
Too right - but sometimes the AI can catch you out by doing something so ridiculous it either (a) wrong foots you completely or (b) belongs on the Muppet Show

Have you tried playing SEIV against 'human' (giving the term its widest possible definition) as of yet? I can see how it could be absolutely fantastic

Krsqk · #4 January 10th, 2002, 04:59 PM

Stealth Armor has cloaking level 2. Any sensor--Tachyon Sensors, Hyper Optics, Gravitic Sensors, Psychic Sensors, or Temporal Sensors--will detect a ship cloaked with Stealth Armor. Tachyon Sensors are available at Sensor tech levels 4-6; Hyper Optics are at Adv. Mil. Sci. TL 4-6; Grav, Psy, and Temp Sensors are racial techs. Cloaking devices provide cloaking from level 2 through level 4; sensors allow you to detect ships cloaked from level 2 (with the lowest sensors) to level 4 (with the best sensors). You don't have to research all sensor types to detect a cloaked ship; any one will do. Hyper Optics are the cheapest component and also have the cheapest research path, and are probably the best choice.

Gryphin · #5 January 10th, 2002, 05:17 PM

Krsqk,
Thanks for that information. Basicaly it means, "You can run, but you can't hide" (for long).

Growltigga · #6 January 10th, 2002, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by Gryphin:
Krsqk,
Thanks for that information. Basicaly it means, "You can run, but you can't hide" (for long).

Krsqk, thanks for the info as well, I havn't got to those research levels yet but will experiment

Gryphin, excellent result and another example of the rock/paper/scissors mentality of SEIV, which at the end of the day means you can surprise people only for a short length of time. Sounds good

Phoenix-D · #7 January 10th, 2002, 05:52 PM

"Too right - but sometimes the AI can catch you out by doing something so ridiculous it either (a) wrong foots you completely or (b) belongs on the Muppet Show"

Well, humans *can* do that too..in Newbie Game 2 (actual title) I surprised the heck out of everyone- and dramaticlly upset the balance of power- by scrapping all my ships, abandoning all my colonies, and RPing a departure to parts unknown.

Phoenix-D