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Ron wrote on Tue, 18 February 2003 09:59


Bzzt, wrong! Top right of the page, click on the FAQ link and read the General Board section on "What are these military ranks I see assigned to users?" Twisted Evil



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Then I shall revert to my 1st reason for posting. I like to hear myself think out loud. What? Did I say that out loud?

Shame Shame on me.

Well, I don't have Stars! loaded on this system (being as how I am at work and attempting to clean up a GroupWise user move from old to new post office (4 bad from 1,000 moved - not bad), but I can give you a general answer by reviewing the previous posts.

One poster suggested looking at the situation with max tech. Doesn't seem to be a realistic way of looking at the situation. We would be looking at the cruiser/early BB era of a game, not the nubian age, IMHO.

If I had Stars! with me and loaded up, I could even do some testbedding to get some numbers to crunch down and discover which answer is best via simple math, right? Well, sort of. It all falls back on the situation a player discovers himself/herself in. Again, IMHO.

I once played against a HE opponent who caught me by surprise with a BB-killing MM (I wish I could remember the configurations, but I did not save the game info). It did cause some early damage to me, but it was a temp situation that did not alter the flow of the war. He still lost fleets and worlds too rapidly to alter the situation. Seems to me that he might would have done better to continue research to BB tech and met me with those. OFC, his situation may have not permitted him the luxury.

I have no doubt that by adding computers, a MM can be given more initiative than a comparable CC, but can a player always be able to afford the cost in germ? Also, do addition resources and minerals required to create a MM capable of taking on a CC equals a cost-effective solution, when compared to the amount of fighting power purchased? These are typically the kind of questions that I ask myself concerning using utility hulls
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