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Re: Defeating the factoryless race Fri, 06 February 2009 08:14 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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magic9mushroom wrote on Fri, 06 February 2009 13:48

Bullplop, in most universes.

Care to put your race designs where your mouth is? 2 Guns


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3i HE will be well ahead in tech and will also not be far behind in pop. Their res/col > that of an HP, and their hab is just the icing on the cake.

My mistake, I actually meant HP/HG hybrids, as in my earlier posts. HE has no edge on those, race-wise, never. Full stop.

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AR might be killed early, but if it isn't it'll become close to unkillable late without shockingly superior force - which you can't have because he has minerals on you.

Shockingly superior, that's what a good JoaT gets. And no amount of minerals will save the AR from "Kill Starbase" battleorders. "close to unkillable" indeed, is still "killable".

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IS overpop is better in a lot of cases than JoaT +20%. An IS -f can come close to equaling a JoaT +f in res/space. IS also get all their neat toys.

Particularly their expensive-to-build weapons. "close" is no guarantee for the IS.


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IT are considered well OP in large/huge games because of their ubergates. With enough room to grow, an IT will take a lot more space than a JoaT because it can gate stuff out, solving the fuel problem. That'll make up for the JoaT's better planet size.

With enough room to grow, the JoaT has no rival except the CA. Full stop.

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And that's without considering the impact of those gates on warfare.

Ahh, yeah, the legendary IT gates. Neat, but not nearly as decisive as many people think.


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Most good races built on these principles wouldn't be able to take a TT CA one-on-one, but are in the same league, and are just plain different. JoaT is inferior to CA full stop.

You lost me here. The JoaT *can* take on the TT-CA one-on-one. Why is it then excluded from the list? Shocked



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