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Re: When to lay heavy mines? Mon, 17 May 2004 07:35 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Kotk

 
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I fight with heavies on border or in case of stealth operations.

The other option is Speed traps/standards on border. However opponent can make lots of shielded destroyers/cruisers in the packs of 5 and these are pretty demolition/hit proof. Speed trap layers are heavy so it is expensive to achieve 2.5 battle board speed with them and often cheap beamer cruisers are enough to skirmish such layers.

Mixing heavies with standards in border skirmish war situation gives better effect. Standards detonate and heavies do not let opponent cheap sweepers to speed too quick. Heavies are light so opponent may need to use true range 3 warships for skirmishing against shielded 2.5 movement layers. Just check that your layers lay heavies fewer or as lot as standards.

I usually use speed trap fields only in my core region just for case some wormhole pops there. Also my overcloakers lay them around stealth-attacked planets.

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