Noobie Question(s)

[Pablo]

Expand like mad until you meet the first enemy (they are all enemies afterall ) Then remember your undefended Homeworlds... And hopefully you build the defences faster than your enemy ships are

[dbt1949]

Thanks guys!

[Gryphin]

Expand Like Mad
One of the popular techniques is:
Build Base Space Yard, (Small Base with Ship Yard)
Build Colony Ships on Emergancy Build
Do this till you get low on resources or you can't expand any further.

[tesco samoa]

if you ever need real time answers stop by #se4 on gamesnet irc....

There will always be players there to answer questions as well

[dbt1949]

Hi,I'm back with some new questions. Played a few games and got my butt kicked. Found out I need to specialize more when it comes to weapons.

Do any of you use missles/torpedos later in the game. When in fleet actions they don't seem to Last long.

Also when defending you planet in a ground attack. Is the milita the defualt defense? Is there any way to tell how many there are? Is there anyway to increase them? For your regular troops,do you just construct them and then leave them is the planets cargo or what?

Thanks!

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by dbt1949:
Do any of you use missles/torpedos later in the game. When in fleet actions they don't seem to Last long.

Not really, a couple larger hulls with level 4 or 5 point defense cannons will rip up all your seekers. You might suprise someone with them sometime.

Originally posted by dbt1949:
Also when defending you planet in a ground attack. Is the milita the defualt defense? Is there any way to tell how many there are? Is there anyway to increase them? For your regular troops,do you just construct them and then leave them is the planets cargo or what?

Thanks!

You get a militia based on population. See my opinion Click Here:

Some troops left in cargo will help defend your planets against ground combat.

[dbt1949]

Thanks for your reply.

Another thing I've been finding out is to make sure(at least on planets with lots of facility slots) I leave some cargo facilties there. Especially when I have a shipyard.

[Slick]

From Settings.txt:

Defending Units Per Population := 20

This means you get 1 militia for every 20M population. Since defending ground troops are considered as planet cargo, they get destroyed in planet attacks before you land troops. Thus there is rarely a troops vs. troops ground combat. It is usually your attacking troops vs. defending militia. Settings.txt also gives attack/defense stats for a militia unit.

P.S. read this, it answers most of your questions:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=005518

Slick.

[ January 07, 2003, 15:18: Message edited by: Slick ]

[dbt1949]

Another question. Where can I find a good decription of the standard races that come with the game. The manual gives a good thumbnail decription but I was looking for one that shows the complete decription like when you open up your own description while playing the game and it says things like +10% production or somesuch.

Thanks!

[Captain Kwok]

Originally posted by dbt1949:
Another question. Where can I find a good decription of the standard races that come with the game. The manual gives a good thumbnail decription but I was looking for one that shows the complete decription like when you open up your own description while playing the game and it says things like +10% production or somesuch.

Thanks!

In the game setup screen, choose the empire of the stock race you want to look at, choose edit and look at all the information there. Besides that, there is no other place outside of the game other than the races' AI files to find that information.

[ January 08, 2003, 14:45: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]