| Re: Newbie looking for help... |
Fri, 05 March 2004 15:33   |
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| Orca |
 | Chief Warrant Officer 1 |
Messages: 148
Registered: June 2003
Location: Orbiting tower at the L5 ... | |
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Someone on the newsgroup once said there were three kinds of ARs - and only one of them worked. Butler, newbie, and Oberlander (in decreasing order of effectiveness).
Well, here we have 2 of the 3 types of AR: the newbie and the Oberlander (tri and bi immune respectively). 
With ARs your best bet is a non immune (ick) or 1 immune (better). Possibly with TT (to taste). Bi immunes sacrifice too many points while not getting the full benefit of tri immune, and the tri immunes tend to be too slow versus human opponents (bi immunes are like tri immunes, only not). Joseph is correct in that you want energy cheap - that is *the* major tech for boosting your resources early on.
Your current race is too slow, really. You're going to behind...I suggest getting some allies to protect you ASAP. Once you *do* get online, you'll be formidable. It's just going to take a very long time to get there. BEst you can do to defend those vulnerable bases is to heavily arm, armor and shield them, and make sure you meet any enemies well away from them. Later on it's not too important - DSs produce boatloads of pop. Just have freighters ready to run like hell and evacuate any place that's threatened - then move right back in once you kick the invaders out. AR can grow *very* fast midgame.
More to come, if I have the time.
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