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Re: Defeating the factoryless race

Tue, 03 February 2009 23:31

ArtL

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Perhaps beating a factoryless race is "easier" than you are making it. Consider the question, "how do you beat a fast starter / blitzer?" I'll assume you pose this problem wanting to beat this foe single handedly and as such will ignoring the very valid, effective, but indirect method of diplomacy. That leaves you with two main strategies for beating a fast starter - either you need to be even faster or you need to be tough enough that you can hold him off (or scare him off) long enough that you can build up your own strength.

Now, faster may not really be an option especially if you assume almost any +f race could be converted to an even faster -f race. Sure, you might find a +f that is faster than a specific -f, but that just means your opponent didn't go as far as he could. Since you probably don't want the answer fight -f with a -f, let's consider the other option.

Here you are really looking at the balance of HG vs HP (or some hybrid). The smaller and denser the universe, the more speed will be critical. Only when things are a little more spread out can you start to sacrifice some speed for long term strength.

So, how to beat -f? "Simply" make sure you strike a better balance between short term survival and long term strength than your opponent. In very fast games, that simply may not allow you to be anything but -f. In longer games, you may be able to "trade up" to an HG+f and plan to beat back the -f in 50+ years. If you are in an epic game, you could build up a true HP and then walk all over him much later in the game.

Just a thought from a rusty, old player . . ..

Well, maybe not that old, but definitely rusty.

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		Defeating the factoryless race By: johng316 on Thu, 29 January 2009 17:17
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: johng316 on Thu, 29 January 2009 23:25
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: iztok on Sat, 31 January 2009 20:18
		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: johng316 on Sun, 01 February 2009 01:33
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: m.a@stars on Tue, 03 February 2009 13:39
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: m.a@stars on Wed, 11 February 2009 05:05
		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: johng316 on Wed, 11 February 2009 09:24
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: Alter Ego on Wed, 11 February 2009 15:28
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: iztok on Thu, 12 February 2009 03:12
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: magic9mushroom on Sun, 01 February 2009 05:02
		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: ArtL on Tue, 03 February 2009 23:31
		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: Combat on Sat, 07 February 2009 11:25
		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: neilhoward on Mon, 09 February 2009 03:10
		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: vonKreedon on Mon, 09 February 2009 15:13
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		Re: Defeating the factoryless race By: Altruist on Tue, 24 March 2009 15:14
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