| Re: The necessity for missiles |
Sun, 17 October 2004 17:39   |
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If the minefield is centered at a planet and detonated, and you chaffsweep and attack the same turn, you still get damage from the detonation regardles of how many chaff you use to crash!
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I had no problem crash sweeping a suprise minefield by Alien in Trans game. (Being HE I had cheaper crash sweepers) I did it quick and lazy with the last bit of chaff going in orbit to make sure my line wasn't missing the planet by a ly. (Most went past planet at warp 10)
Only an SD like Aliens can suprise help a friend by gating in and throwing up a big minefield (that overwhelms the sweepers) the turn before you want to attack. (Move and lay same turn).
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On the SD setting opponent to friend to stop sweeping (and get detonating) a counter mentioned before is to have reserve fleet(s) with orders to suprise gate into the SD's world(s) to counter suprise if set to friend.
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Back on topic, I agree everyone should have some missiles to force an opponent to counter them, and those with SD slowdown toys (or fighting against SD slowdowns) have more useful missiles.
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