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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Fri, 30 April 2004 17:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Crusader is currently offline Crusader

 
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Well, I think he is saying that he gets enough resources out of pop growth alone to get his PVTs in time to start moving pop, since he prefers HG settings in his races.

I would agree with that ok as a general statement.

With HP settings, and hopefully wide-hab, I would either be using medium freighters for the first and closest green worlds until my factories can get caught up and then move to PVTs, or I would start out with the tech 4 check box checked.

But, HEY!, I never play JOAT, so WHO CARES! Laughing
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icon7.gif  Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Thu, 30 June 2005 18:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well, here is one more (but not so new) design. I'd just finish on second place with that race (game "Lessons From the Past"):
Name: The Plutonians
PRT: JoAT
LRT: IFE, NRSE, OBRM, NAS, LSP
G:0,24;4,16 T:-136;136 R:16;56 19%
1000
12-9-13
[ ] - no cost 1 kt less
12-3-13
Weap, Con - low
Other - high
I have no problem with resources or minerals all the game ... Nod



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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Fri, 01 July 2005 20:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You didn't have problems due to LSP? Interesting. I had been under the impression that LSP is a much larger handicap than it seems because of compounding. It seems that it is being used to pay for higher mine efficiency, which it also seems everyone says is not worth the cost.

Of course, since you came in second place it obviously worked out fine for you Wink .

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sat, 02 July 2005 03:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gible

 
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LSP only really delay's your growth but a turn or two. For a 15%(30%) growth HE only one turn's delay. For anyone else at 15% its almost exactly 2 turns. more if you have lower growth. With 20% growth its "theoretically" 1.44 turns, with is effectively 2 turns. if you're after a quick kill this might be a difference but for most games being 2 turns growth behind isn't that much of a disadvantage. Naturally everything else will be two turns behind too since pop is the measure for it all.

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sat, 02 July 2005 04:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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HE is a special case in regard to LSP. PP and IT are the others. Having your population spread over two planets (one of them with possibly less than perfect habs) is a slight handicap in regard to growth. It does increase the negative effects LSP has. Ofc, an IT race can move most of the pop to the major planet. PP has a more significant problem...

Not sure if this is really relvant in a thread about JoaT.
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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sat, 02 July 2005 07:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi,

crr65536 wrote on Sat, 02 July 2005 02:38

You didn't have problems due to LSP? Interesting. I had been under the impression that LSP is a much larger handicap than it seems because of compounding.


I have found that most often than not (PGR>16%, OBRM), my pop grows too fast for my colonizers and early movers to spread in a timely manner, causing an early slowdown. Razz

LSP tends to delay pop growth just about the couple turns I need to really start moving, so it does not hurt my JoaTs too much. Smile

Of course, if I found a better way to do things or take points from, I'd probably forget about LSP at all. If we were talking QS or duel, or living anywhere too crowded, LSP would be worse still...



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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Fri, 23 February 2007 09:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Verker wrote on Sun, 09 February 2003 14:17



The Joat are by no means a boring PRT



well, 3 threads in 3 years sounds different.


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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Fri, 23 February 2007 20:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Carn wrote on Fri, 23 February 2007 06:13

Verker wrote on Sun, 09 February 2003 14:17



The Joat are by no means a boring PRT



well, 3 threads in 3 years sounds different.






They are a straightforward and easily understood PRT.

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Fri, 27 June 2008 21:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If JoaT started with 58 more RW points and received 0 points for NAS they would be ideal. Dammit. Wink

[Updated on: Fri, 27 June 2008 21:58]

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sat, 28 June 2008 01:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I think nas should cost joats points. Nas doubles the range of their [built] scanners. The special hulls more than make up for lack of pens on ships until late. By the time the missing planetary scanners would have come around, a single scout does the job pretty well. But what do I know? I still enjoy playing HP Joat.


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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sun, 04 December 2016 00:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I've had this sneaking suspicion for years that IS actually outgrows JoaT and thus that the NAS ban on JoaT is kinda unfair (in non-economic traits I'm pretty sure IS has the advantage; it's got the croby, tachyons, cheaper defences, anti-popdrop, and fuel transport up against cheap NAS-proof penscans and a jump start).

One of these days, when I'm finished my current test, I guess I'll have to try to test their econ strength. Figuring out how to do that will, of course, be a frickin' nightmare. But if it comes out the way I think, maybe we can overturn this tradition of hobbling JoaT.

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sat, 14 January 2017 23:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I agree with you saying IS is stronger than JOAT, but we as players generally focus on removing early game advantages a race has.
The inbuilt pen scanning of a JOAT is considered one such advantage that other players want to penalize.
The IS orgy (fleet growth) is something takes a lot of effort and time and can arguably stopped by other players.

I do wish though that JOATs were not penalised or the IS is penalised a few points to defences as well Smile



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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Wed, 18 January 2017 09:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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nmid wrote on Sun, 15 January 2017 05:56
I agree with you saying IS is stronger than JOAT...


Mmmh, really?
If there were a duel between IS and JoaT, played by comparable players... my bet would be on the JoaT.

As a matter of fact, my bet would be on the JoaT against all PRTs.


My bet would only change when the game parameter changed to a bigger universe and a longer game.

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Wed, 18 January 2017 09:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I would tend to agree, as the IS really works well with stalling towards the end game and using diplomacy until it is absolutely necessary. In a duel that option isn't entirely available as aggression starts from the very beginning.

Jack of All Trades on the other hand are very well rounded start with pen scans (earlier "snapshot" of key planets), potential for superior starting tech advantage, a significant boost to all planet capacity, and as a result doesn't require a significant level of MM to get a very potent planet from the very beginning.

Toss in the fact that JoAT do not have a cost penalty for using weapons, it would go without saying that they'd not only have the better early and aggressive economy, but more affordable weapons to maintain it. It would be a tense match though, and I'd love to be proven wrong. Anybody willing to test this theory? Sadly I'm tied up and sadly by no means an "expert"! LoL



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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Thu, 19 January 2017 00:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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- I was speaking largely in the context of PBEMs; duels are a bit different.

- @Entropicuity: IS do tend to be pretty decent in the pre-cruiser and cruiser eras, due to the Croby Sharmor. But yes, they do prefer the Nubian era to the BB eras for a few reasons: 1) by that point their orgies are fully built 2) beam Nubians aren't affected as much by the weapons premium 3) Nubians mean anyone can cloak anything to 98% by using overcloakers, amplifying the power of the IS Tachyon Detector.

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Thu, 19 January 2017 10:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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magic9mushroom wrote on Thu, 19 January 2017 05:40
- I was speaking largely in the context of PBEMs; duels are a bit different.

- @Entropicuity: IS do tend to be pretty decent in the pre-cruiser and cruiser eras, due to the Croby Sharmor. But yes, they do prefer the Nubian era to the BB eras for a few reasons: 1) by that point their orgies are fully built 2) beam Nubians aren't affected as much by the weapons premium 3) Nubians mean anyone can cloak anything to 98% by using overcloakers, amplifying the power of the IS Tachyon Detector.


Unless every diplomatic faction has an IS - in which case nobody bothers to cloak anything (aside from the free cloaks from MT items)

The expensive weapons are potentially crippling - particularly in terms of minerals...

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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sun, 22 January 2017 10:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi ,


Joat is still one of the flexiblest race and much stronger then a IS.
But I am sure if someone wants a handicap for IS he is free to take one.


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Re: Joat, the non-boring PRT Sun, 09 July 2017 04:54 Go to previous message
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Altruist wrote on Wed, 18 January 2017 15:07
my bet would be on the JoaT against all PRTs.


Mine too. Twisted Evil


Quote:
My bet would only change when the game parameter changed to a bigger universe and a longer game.


Mine wouldn't. In fact, I'd double it. Cool



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