| Re: NAS |
Tue, 28 October 2003 11:18   |
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 EDog |
 | Lt. Junior Grade |
Messages: 417
Registered: November 2002
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA | |
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I play PP a lot. I LOVE PP!
A -f PP has minerals to burn for scanning and terraforming packets. I've experimented with hiding my PRT (as PP) until I can launch packets faster than W10 as well as launching packets as early as I can and have had success both ways. Opponents will have to burn lots of extra minerals to build freighters to intercept your mineral packets and/or lift population clear (will also need extra colonizers). You can put a tremendous amount of pressure on the development of opponent colonies early in the game. If you fling three or four different packets at a colony, your opponent has to decide to intercept them all or risk losing the colony, and nothing is more annoying than flinging 70 kt packet after 70 kt packet after 70 kt packet, forcing your opponents to wade through all the in-game messages (they don't dare ignore them for fear of missing the 1200 kt packet!). In the meantime, you can packet small reds and yellows to make them more habitable. I think a PP race is second only to SS for being a pain-in-the-ass neighbor.
From an economic standpoint, they can hold their own in most games. A PP benefits greatly from allies (especially WM), and are useful to have on your side. For a WM, the PP packet provides a devastating world-killing punch after the WM battle fleet knocks down the starbase and LBU bombs the target world. For annoying neighbors, an SS/PP combination is scary to behold. Imagine your freighters constantly disappearing and failing to intercept incoming packets or losing entire holdfuls of rescued colonists! A PP/AR combination provides a frightening amount of minerals for packeting, and the AR gets free terraforming with no risk to colonists! Other races can ally with PP and do similarly, although these three combinations specifically are exceptional.
I've had some success (and some failure) duelling using a PP race as well. Played properly, they are as competitive as any other PRT.
Packet-happy EDog
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