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Mon, 27 October 2003 20:24  |
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| Coyote wrote on Sun, 26 October 2003 03:58 |
PP is stronger than people tend to give it credit for. Not much of an econ race, but can give some very nasty surprises in close quarters. Having just gotten packet-mauled by a freakin' IT, I am one to speak...
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I was just experimenting with a PP race last night, and having some fun I'll admit. I think the PP could be competetive as an economy-race IF the points for NAS were there, and I don't understand why they're not. The meager points gained for selecting NAS pretty much invalidate that as an LRT when you're playing PP, IMO. That leaves you with an expensive PRT choice and one less way of getting some points back.
I believe NAS was the first LRT I selected (then unselected) and it only yielded 22 points. I know the PP has pen-scan packets, but that provides a passing scan only - it can't stop. Furthermore, everyone can see the packet and it's point of origin when it's launched and it costs 70kt of minerals each time, and then someone can intercept it with a freighter to prevent scanning. That particular PRT trait is not so powerful that it should negate all the points from NAS, IMO.
The JOAT and the SS PRT get more points than that for NAS, and their exclusive ship scanners are a more powerful trait for defeating the handicap, because they can have stationary scanners for ongoing monitoring of planetary orbits - with adequate cloaking, the enemy won't even know he's being watched. The ship has a one-time cost and can be maneuvered around, and nobody has to know where it came from. When naming the most powerful PRT's, one invariably names CA first, and while I daresay PP is rarely if ever named second, JOAT probably is named often. Why is not the SS, and particularly, the JOAT penalized in the same fashion?
I think no other PRT is played less than PP. I bet even the HE races you'll encounter outnumber the PP on a pretty big scale. I know AR does. I know there will be some people who say "I play PP's sometimes" or even "I play PP a lot - I LOVE PP&
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I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND I'M OFTEN PROVEN WRONG. TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU READ MY POSTS.
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