Author: Mishtram
Date: May 10, 08 3:12pm (PT)
Subject: Super Weapons
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Anyone gone over the top with super weapons? I have yet to tech out anything to the fully edge, I always end the games too early. I have had a small working Returning Armada occuring at one of my Phase Gates, but that was the only thing I had working and it didn't help me out much.
I have a friend who loves using that cannon thing to destroy enemy colonies in moments as the TEC. Never actually used that, always find it too... unwieldly.
Author: Play ISDF
Date: May 16, 08 4:23am (PT)
Subject: re: Super Weapons
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Does 10 Tec Super Weapons count? So much fun, pretty much 2 shots at once will kill any planet instantly. I've had a lot of fun with it, just kept killing the enemies planets while I had fleets move in and mop up any buildings around a planet, then wait for my weps to recharge and kill 4 more planets, move in and take em, etc etc till I won the game.
Author: Mishtram
Date: May 21, 08 8:58pm (PT)
Subject: re: Super Weapons
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I thought those things cost massive amounts of cash and can only attack neighbouring planets? I always thought of that as a waste, especially in the bigger games where it's more likely a "skirmish zone" will set up between their fleets jumping two or three and your own defenses.
Author: ShadowJ
Date: Jun 29, 08 5:16am (PT)
Subject: re: Super Weapons
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I got a couple of the TEC Novalith Cannons but the main problem is the planets you are aiming for have to be scouted first and well, we all know if there is more than one star system how long that could take.
More than 5 does seem over the top but if facing more than one threat then you will soon find them to be great since you can defend with a fleet of ships while attacking planets and no you can hit planets in other star systems, not just neighbouring ones.
I thought that when I first bought one but I realised afterwards when deciding to experiment that as long as the planet is scouted, you can hit it
edit: I just noticed I repeated myself but meh
Author: Play ISDF
Date: Jun 29, 08 8:30pm (PT)
Subject: re: Super Weapons
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quote ShadowJBest bet is to get a few scouts on auto explore, as long as they don't run into anything too powerful, they should be fine to explore the entire universe. Usually I'll get two at the start of the game while I build up my forces a bit to go and start leveling my cap and take some planets. After I get a bigger ship limit, I'll toss out some more scouts if the game is big enough. By the time I'm ready to use Novalith's or whatever, I easily have everywhere explored.I got a couple of the TEC Novalith Cannons but the main problem is the planets you are aiming for have to be scouted first and well, we all know if there is more than one star system how long that could take.
More than 5 does seem over the top but if facing more than one threat then you will soon find them to be great since you can defend with a fleet of ships while attacking planets and no you can hit planets in other star systems, not just neighbouring ones.
I thought that when I first bought one but I realised afterwards when deciding to experiment that as long as the planet is scouted, you can hit it
edit: I just noticed I repeated myself but meh
Author: ShadowJ
Date: Jun 30, 08 2:04pm (PT)
Subject: re: Super Weapons
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aye I get a couple going at the start then throughout the game have a limit of 20 (usually only have 10 on the go but have 20 in case someone gets hungry and eats them up
) to which with my current game I seem to be losing a lot of scouts...bleh
Author: Mishtram
Date: Jun 30, 08 5:14pm (PT)
Subject: re: Super Weapons
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I've always had a problem with keeping up scout production. I tend to get very apathetic when it comes to knowing what the nations who I'm not fighting are working on across the field so usually when my original scouts run out I don't make many more, unless I'm playing as the Vasari.