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Re: Is HP IT possible? Tue, 11 October 2005 09:58 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Robert is currently offline Robert

 
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Ok, maybe I did not think hard enough or was not very precice (and did not read the whole thread)...

The way I played HP (I did not for a long time) was one immune and 2 narrow (suggested also by JC by the way)... so I expected rather narrow habs (1 in 10).
So my assumtion was to invest the points from mine-efficiency into remotes. It is right that this automatically gives 10% less mines, but not 10% less minerals. Also all planets can be mined later and less g is spent on the planets because you build 10% less factories. For me it was just a question to have less g from populated planets to be compensated by g from remotes - ofc this will not help in the early game - right.

The second part I assumed that it is not easy for a HP to colonize bad yellows... (which is IIRC not true because for very very bad yellows the HP is actually faster than a HG, dont remember the exact break-even-point).... Anyway - early terraforming and getting yellows to work is always easier with UR. I did a test on whether UR or lowering factory costs from 9 to 8 (and some other things) for HGs, and it must be somewhere around here - and I found that UR is best, but when calculating speed up compared to points needed, lowering factory costs is better.
Still with UR you have some other nice advantages...

My fault was to expect everybody plays HP like I do, which is a one-immune 1 in 10 hab scheme without OBRM.

I should have checked all the posts before - sorry...
But mainly I think I just like UR and wanted to convince the rest of the universe to understang the advantages...
(I dont want to say I pick UR every time I play, it does not make sense in every game and for every race...)

Anyway... I am not an experienced HP player because I love early wars and kills...

Smile

Robert



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