Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

[Slick]

Maybe this is the best place for these questions:

- If I launch fighters and combine them with a fleet in strategic mode before a battle, do the fighters get the fleet experience bonuses?

- If I send an empty colonizer on a suicide mission in hostile territory simply to try to get the ruins, do I get the ruins tech or do I need to sacrifice population also?

- Are there any ground combat offensive/defensive modifiers?

- is there a chance that intel projects can fail/succeed independent of the amount of counter-intel? It seems that the only modifier is counter-intel.

- What are the exact percentages of the “AI bonus”? What is it applied to? only resource generation? What about research and intelligence? What about combat bonuses?

Thanks,
Slick

[Suicide Junkie]

- you can get ripped off on upgrading ships. Check that you are not upgrading engines of the same type from I to II or III - no benefit, but additional cost. Master computers, almost the same thing, slight decrease in size is the only benefit, usually not worth the cost. Check every component to see if there is enough of a benefit to make it worth the cost.

The level II and III engines are cheaper than the level I.
You will save money on maintenance in the long run.

1) fighters get fleet experience bonuses.
2) population is not required to get ruins tech.
3) There are small combat sensors and small ecm, I believe.
4) Only puppet political parties has a chance to fail independent of counter intel, IIRC.
5) something like 2x, 3x, and 5x. Applies to research, intel, resources.

[ArchAngel7]

Can somebody put these Posts in one big file that can be downloaded. It would really help us Newbies out!

[DavidG]

Originally posted by ArchAngel7:
Can somebody put these Posts in one big file that can be downloaded. It would really help us Newbies out!

Check Ruatha's post one page back. It is, I think the latest compilation of all these tips.

[Shyrka]

A little question
How Ships/Bases get experience? By number of ships destroyed? Or tonnage? Or battles winned? Planets count as experience? And units?

Sorry if this was answered before.

Edit: A little idea for DavidG

What about adding resolution select for the modder? I like to play in 800 X 600 but my work resolution is 1280 X 1024. It's a pain changing resolution from control panel every time I play SEIV. Thanks.

[ September 24, 2002, 23:25: Message edited by: Shyrka ]

[Captain Kwok]

Originally posted by Shyrka:
What about adding resolution select for the modder? I like to play in 800 X 600 but my work resolution is 1280 X 1024. It's a pain changing resolution from control panel every time I play SEIV. Thanks.

I used to like 800x600, then I found out that 1024x768 actually gives you extra information on certain screens like tatical combat! Plus, you don't have to scroll through all the buttons!

[Captain Kwok]

Ships and bases can get experience from training facilities and from battle I believe it is done by tonnage...but I'm not super sure...