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Re: Robo-super-miner

Mon, 16 October 2006 01:05

Dogthinkers

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Hmm, I hope you trust whoever is protecting you... Weap 0 is a VERY dangerous place to be.

Superminers vs Ultras.... Ultras are of course better - cheaper, more efficient, more easily gated... But if you wait for them before building miners you might find yourself short of minerals when you need them.... If you have plenty of minerals from your starbases then you might be able to afford to wait, but that's a dangerous strategy. Be carefull not to fall into the trap of over-researching - you can have the best tech in the game, but if you never build an army you will still lose ground. Work out how quickly you can get the various techs, add a few years to cover for unexpected events, then decide if you think you can afford to wait that long.

Worst case scenario - you push for Ultras, but are attacked before they are ready. You then have to push resources into weapons and have to build super miners anyway (and late.)

Best case scenario - you race for Ultras, build them straight away and are well on the way towards the mineral fountain of your dreams (better hope you get that weapons tech before someone notices though, lol)

The happy middle ground - hedge it - build some super miners asap, then go for ultras. If you need the extra ship slot later, you could trade the super miners to a OBRM ally.

[Updated on: Mon, 16 October 2006 01:09]

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		Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 00:46
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:05
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:08
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:11
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: iztok on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:51
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 02:24
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 02:55
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 03:00
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 03:12
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 19:48
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 20:28
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Tue, 17 October 2006 09:45
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 17 October 2006 11:53
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Sat, 28 October 2006 06:47
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Sat, 28 October 2006 15:37
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Tue, 31 October 2006 19:21
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 31 October 2006 20:47
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Tue, 31 October 2006 20:59
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 31 October 2006 21:17
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Wed, 01 November 2006 09:55
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Captain Maim on Wed, 15 November 2006 20:13
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: LEit on Wed, 15 November 2006 21:36
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Captain Maim on Wed, 15 November 2006 23:06
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Wed, 15 November 2006 23:37
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Thu, 16 November 2006 06:01
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Thu, 16 November 2006 09:08
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Micha on Thu, 16 November 2006 09:20
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Thu, 16 November 2006 23:41
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Ptolemy on Fri, 17 November 2006 23:26
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Sat, 18 November 2006 12:19
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Ptolemy on Sat, 18 November 2006 12:26
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Sun, 19 November 2006 06:08
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Ptolemy on Sun, 19 November 2006 06:50
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Sun, 19 November 2006 07:20
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Micha on Mon, 20 November 2006 04:53
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Mon, 20 November 2006 06:41
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Thu, 16 November 2006 09:36

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