RB vs. OA |
Fri, 31 October 2008 08:44 |
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magic9mushroom | | Commander | Messages: 1361
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I've heard it said that the Retro Bomb is crap because the Orbital Adjuster does the same job, costs less, is available earlier, and is more versatile. I have a question about this: The Stars! Tech Browser says that the Retro Bomb unterraforms up to 1% per variable per bombing run, whereas I know that the OA does 1% total per turn.
So isn't the Retro Bomb better for offensive purposes, considering that it also has lower weight and can be mounted on a hull that isn't quite so fragile? Since it has 3 times the power?
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Re: RB vs. OA |
Mon, 03 November 2008 17:33 |
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mlaub | | Lieutenant | Messages: 744
Registered: November 2003 Location: MN, USA | |
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Micha wrote on Sun, 02 November 2008 02:56 |
mlaub wrote on Fri, 31 October 2008 20:06 | I'll add that it is a nice touch making it red for your enemy, so that if you as the CA take the planet, only to lose it again, it reverts back to red settings.
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Isn't it just that if you kick a CA off a planet the values return to the original ones? So if it was a green planet to start with and the CA no longer lives on it, the planet will be green again (given without any terraforming). OAs have nothing to do with any of that ...
mch
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I guess I wasn't real clear. Yes, you are correct.
I was thinking of all those planets that start off yellow, and take years to terraform to a good green. eg. 1 single immune, 1 medium band, and 1 narrow band races that are so popular.
-Matt
Global Warming - A climatic change eagerly awaited by most Minnesotans.
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Re: RB vs. OA |
Mon, 03 November 2008 20:57 |
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Micha wrote on Sun, 02 November 2008 02:56 |
mlaub wrote on Fri, 31 October 2008 20:06 | I'll add that it is a nice touch making it red for your enemy, so that if you as the CA take the planet, only to lose it again, it reverts back to red settings.
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Isn't it just that if you kick a CA off a planet the values return to the original ones? So if it was a green planet to start with and the CA no longer lives on it, the planet will be green again (given without any terraforming). OAs have nothing to do with any of that ...
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This didn't seem right so I tested it with a 2imm/rad centered HE & an all centered CA.
The planet I used started with rad 48. HE colonised. Overhead OAs took it to 46. Stayed 46 when the OAs left. CA invaded, rad 50. Lift the pop, rad 48.
And then wondering about how the planet was terraformed:
HE colonised, rad 48. Terraformed to 50. CA invaded, rad 50. HE invaded rad 48.
So yes.. its true.. when a CA 'leaves' a planet, the planet reverts to its UN-terraformed value - not the value it had when the CA arrived.
...Permaforming not included.
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