New player struggling

[Gryphin]

Small and Tiny Worlds - Uses For:
I use them for:
1) Re - supply depots if they are close to a warp point.
2) Storage on if I find I need it. I only build storage during times of peace or while preparing a large Facilities upgrade or an invasion fleet.
3) Drop off points for reinforcements. I might shuttle troops or other units to that planet from core worlds. These can than be picked up by front line empty Troop / Satellite / Fighter Carriers.
4) Ship Yard Bases / Re supply Bases.
I’ll build a Ship Yard
Build a Ship Yard Base
Scrap the Ship Yard
Use the planet for Mining / Research / Intel or Fleet Training Facilities.
Use the Ship Yard Base for both construction and to re supply ships, (If you “fleet up” with a Base for one turn, it will completely re supply a ship or fleet.
This is not efficient but it works in a pinch and there are a lot of pinches when it comes to war.
5) Oh, and don’t tell the colonist this but I it also makes a good cheep distraction to the AI while I marshal my fleet.

[Andy Watkins]

Gryphin,

Thanks for that.

Is there a patch for SEIV Gold available?

Andy

[Andy Watkins]

Ignore patch question. I have downloaded now

Andy

[Growltigga]

Andy

Link to patch as follows

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/downloads/

Gryph, trust you to have a tactic for "small and tiny"

[Growltigga]

Andy

Actually thinking about it, if the small or tiny world has a high resource percentage in something I need, then I will colonise it and use it as a mining/farming/refining colony (whatever) if I have colonised everything bigger and better in the system

If your spaceport, urban pacification centre, resupply depot etc are elsewhere in the system, I can't see any harm in filling every piece of high value real estate with resource gatherers

[Growltigga]

Andy, also whilst thinking about it, keep in mind that weaponry in SEIV is a lot down to personal choice

Sure, plasma missiles level 5 (top of the missile research tree) are lovely things to have all your ships equipped with but it can be galling to see them rendered ineffectual by some clever sod with DUC's, PPB and severl point defence cannon per ship

Most things either have a counter or balance out - it is like scissors, paper and stones

[Andy Watkins]

Growltigga,

That is my point, I was using ordinary depleted uranium cannon, why are they a threat to plasma missiles? what's a PPB? what is it used for?

I did notice point defence weapons killed my capital ship missiles so at end of game I gave up and used 100% DUC's

I would be interested to hear what the scissor / paper / rock table is for SEIV weapons, many of the weapons just seemed pointless to me..

Andy

Sure, plasma missiles level 5 (top of the missile research tree) are lovely things to have all your ships equipped with but it can be galling to see them rendered ineffectual by some clever sod with DUC's, PPB and severl point defence cannon per ship

Most things either have a counter or balance out - it is like scissors, paper and stones[/QB][/quote]