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June 11th, 2004, 08:51 PM
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Do you have Plague dropping experience?
I am currently in a game where I want to use Plague as a strategic tool so my closest friends who recapture a planet have to spend time curing the plague I drop on them.
So how can I maximize a fleet to destroy only the Weapon mounts on the planet but yet still have enough population left on the planet for a long term plague? I was thinking of setting the Drop Troops Formation Planet damage setting to 20% so the ships that don't have the plague bomb don't destroy the planet but that may not ensure my plague bombers to hit the planet. Or should I limit the attacking fleet to ships with Plague and regular weapons?
Anyone with good plague delivery experience please reply ...
[ June 11, 2004, 19:53: Message edited by: Cyclop ]
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June 11th, 2004, 11:49 PM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
I must be crazy to answer this at all, even with a negative response.
I see no foolproof way to do this. By setting your standard attack ships to only damage the planet 20%, they will do just that, then look for other targets. Finding none, they will then finish the job on the planet. Sending in plague-only ships will work but the losses will be horrendous and you will have to replenish the fleet regularly.
But face it, I won't give your buddies a chance to capture these planets anyway. Simpler to just surrender now.
Of course you could be talking about another game...
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June 12th, 2004, 12:13 AM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
This one time I ate some bad Mexican food and when I had to go to the restroom I....wait. You're talking about something else, aren't you.
sorry. Carry on.
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June 12th, 2004, 12:54 AM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
cspture the planet, scrap the facilities, ship off as much cargo/ pop as you can and then abandon it.
It's at least as much effort to recolonise a planet as it is to recapture & unplague it.
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June 12th, 2004, 09:34 AM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
I prefer to invade straight out but if i am to not have enough troop transports or troops immediatley to take a planet in a system i have a few plague bombs ready to bomb the biggest or most important planet - then can withdrawl my fleet and wait for the troops to arrive - this also has the effect of slowing the enemy advance.
Also useful for those of you advanced enough with cloaker and quantum fuel devices (unlimited supplies) waging a behind the backline war (make sure you have a fleet with a big ship with plague bombs and a few mine sweepers)
Actually its fun waging war silently from behind their front line - really confuses the enemy AI.
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June 14th, 2004, 02:32 AM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
Actually Grandpa Kim this strategy is for another 2 on 2 game that needs a little spice and distraction. But don't get me wrong, I will be testing my theories on my closest Vrok friends.
I was actually contemplating giving up just before the first onslaught was thrown after me (some 50 turns ago) but my little people held the dams rather well and I decided to keep playing despite the corner I was thrown into. The battle has just begun and our people just LOVE glassing Vrok ships. I wish I could say the same for your ally but it seems he is just building up a force to try again.
See you on the battlefield ;-)
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June 14th, 2004, 05:26 PM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
Quote:
Originally posted by Cyclop:
Do you have plague dropping experience?
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Only when I cough on the bus.
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June 14th, 2004, 05:37 PM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
Quote:
Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
quote: Originally posted by Cyclop:
Do you have plague dropping experience?
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Only when I cough on the bus. I can only imagine the severity of a canadian common cold
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June 14th, 2004, 06:32 PM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
Thanks psimancer. That small fleet strategy sounds like a good tactic.
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June 14th, 2004, 08:07 PM
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Re: Do you have Plague dropping experience?
i always used lots of cheap escorts. a heavily shielded ship will probably get banged up anyway, and then you have to worry about repairing it.
you can just let the escorts die.
edit: or maybe drones are the answer...
[ June 14, 2004, 19:07: Message edited by: Puke ]
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