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Mon, 23 October 2006 20:38 |
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2i races other than HE/AR can work...
In the (abandoned) duelling championship semi Micha bought a 2i -f JOAT to the table. My 1i -f JOAT seized an advantage due to faster early expansion, but in the process of the match I came to the conclusion that the 2i -f JOAT is most certainly viable and was toying with tweaking my JOAT into a 2i variant to face BackBlast. I probably would've stuck with my 1i in the end, but it would've been a close call.
Given SD has 41 more points to play with than JOAT, that implies a SD should be workable.
Here is a design I'd be comfortable to take into a multiplayer game (NOT suitable for duelling though)
SD
IFE, NRSE, OBRM, ISB, NAS, RS
17% PGR
Grav and Temp immune, Rad 79 to 99 (1 in 5, all of which will be 100% with 10 clicks terra, avg 5 clicks, making that 17% PGR look very fast...)
-f factory settings
1/1000 pop
10/3/10 mines
Energy and weapons cheap, rest expensive.
You will have to tech trade for con. Buying the first few levels of con will be a pain in early game, but you are a -f... En is cheap because it's good for SD toys and good for trading (for con, hopefully.)
If you want a more risky variant then up the PGR to 18% (absurdly fast given all your worlds will be 100%...), drop IFE, and drop either NRSE or 2 mines. Without the FM the ramscoops would be nice for minelayers, but 8 mines is a little tight even for a -f. Probably too tight. The 17% variant is much stronger I think.
Either design will be terrifyingly fast, for an SD. But it needs to be - it'll need a lot of territory to stay competitive if you haven't dominated already by the 60's. Requires hyper-aggressive play.
It's really tempting to give up IFE for the points, but I think SD needs the FM to move those early minelayers, and being able to ignore prop tech completely is nice for the race.
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Re: Practicablity of a Bi-Immune SD?
By: Kotk on Mon, 23 October 2006 05:06
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By: Marduk on Tue, 24 October 2006 00:54
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By: gible on Tue, 24 October 2006 04:05
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By: Kotk on Tue, 24 October 2006 04:16
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By: joseph on Thu, 26 October 2006 17:55
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By: Marduk on Mon, 23 October 2006 11:57
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Re: Practicablity of a Bi-Immune SD?
By: Micha on Fri, 03 November 2006 09:07
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By: Ptolemy on Sat, 04 November 2006 13:15
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By: Ptolemy on Sun, 05 November 2006 02:34
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By: Ptolemy on Sun, 05 November 2006 23:48
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Re: Practicablity of a Bi-Immune SD?
By: joseph on Sat, 11 November 2006 18:33
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Re: Practicablity of a Bi-Immune SD?
By: Kotk on Sat, 11 November 2006 20:39
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