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Re: Ramscoops, which one to use?

Tue, 04 March 2003 13:14

Stalwart

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Greetings,

Well I apologize if I had yet to cover the importance of the Fuel Mizer. If you haven't noticed I mentioned the fact that the Fuel Mizer can last through the majority of the game. I mean think about it: The Fuel Mizer Itself, along with the better fuel Effeciency makes your ships last that much longer (about 15% longer) and with the Fuel Mizer you can go at speeds of warp 9 longer than you can with your basic Non-Ramscoops. That is a HUGE advantage considering you can get to your planets before your enemy can.

Also IFE makes it so you can Gate your ships better. In the late game having warp 9 for free AND being able to be gatable is a HUGE advantage in its own right. And the fact that they are cheaper... Think of it this way. You just built a fleet of lets say 100 BB's with the IS-10. During that time a race with IFE could wait and research the same amount of resources into an expensive Prop field to get an engine similar to the IS-10 (but warp nine mind you) and they would still have resources left over to build a similar fleet but cheaper.

Now if you want the points you COULD go with basic engines, no IFE or NRSE. You still get your ramscoops but you do not get that nice 15% less fuel factor, AND you don't get the bonus of one tech level in your propulsion field to boot. For a lot of people that one level, plus one level from CE can boost a IT to get Warp 8 ingines to start the game with. But all in all it comes down to this: Do you want to have a nice early start, grab the planets that you NEED before anbody else takes them so you can later on have the resources you need to get to the late game... OR would you rather just take the planets that you can by the time you get there, only to find someone else has the planet, and focus on building a massive extremely expensive fleet while your neighbor is building up his empire without running out of fuel and researching the tech that can counter your fleet by the time you get there...

Now in a tiny game this won't be true as once you have the tech it is only 3 years till you can use it. But in a game where it can take 5-10 years to reach the enemy HW... that is a lot of time to research and build up your economy. IFE can really grow in that kind of environment which you find in larger games. IFE can be a HUGE advantage if you know how to use it, but if you don't push it to the limits, if you don't take advantage of that extra 15% fuel "discount", or if you don't push your fuel mizers to go their full distance... then maybey using NRSE is a good idea for you.

As for the Ramscoop, you don't use it on your Transports. That is what the Fuel Mizer is for Razz

Other than that you just need to look at what you feel you would use. If you don't use ramscoops that is your playing style. But if you don't feel like build HUNDREDS of Super Fuel Xports to make sure you fleet doesn't run out of Fuel... then those ramscoops REALLY come in handy... especially when those Fuel Xports hit a minefield that just SEEMED to apear out of no-where from a pesky SD or ultra-cloaked SS Terror Fleet...

Hope that answers your question,
Stalwart

"Attaining one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the pinnacle of excellence. Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence."- Sun Tzu

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		Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Micha on Tue, 25 February 2003 18:59
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Coyote on Tue, 25 February 2003 22:11
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Tue, 25 February 2003 22:13
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Wed, 26 February 2003 22:46
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Thu, 27 February 2003 00:29
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: ninja_squirrel on Thu, 27 February 2003 02:23
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Stalwart on Thu, 27 February 2003 13:33
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Thu, 27 February 2003 13:59
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Stalwart on Thu, 27 February 2003 14:33
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: UAF commander on Sat, 01 March 2003 08:08
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Sat, 01 March 2003 09:28
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Stalwart on Sun, 02 March 2003 00:00
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Mon, 03 March 2003 11:18
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: UAF commander on Sat, 01 March 2003 11:31
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Sat, 01 March 2003 11:43
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Micha on Sat, 01 March 2003 16:21
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Mon, 03 March 2003 11:16
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Stalwart on Mon, 03 March 2003 12:57
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Mon, 03 March 2003 17:42
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Stalwart on Tue, 04 March 2003 13:14
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Wed, 05 March 2003 14:21
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Wed, 05 March 2003 22:26
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Thu, 06 March 2003 10:30
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Hetzer on Thu, 06 March 2003 11:37
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Thu, 06 March 2003 17:54
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Thu, 06 March 2003 21:06
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Fri, 07 March 2003 05:32
		hey By: Ron on Fri, 07 March 2003 12:00
		Re: hey By: Hetzer on Fri, 07 March 2003 15:41
		Re: hey By: yucaf on Fri, 07 March 2003 21:38
		Re: hey By: BlueTurbit on Fri, 07 March 2003 23:41
		doubt By: yucaf on Mon, 10 March 2003 11:42
		Limburger? (Re: doubt) By: Micha on Mon, 10 March 2003 16:46
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Micha on Sun, 09 March 2003 05:47
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Mon, 10 March 2003 17:37
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BackBlast on Tue, 11 March 2003 14:05
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Wed, 12 March 2003 14:07
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: jeffimix on Sat, 15 March 2003 23:14
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: UAF commander on Sun, 02 March 2003 12:23
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Sun, 02 March 2003 17:57
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: ninja_squirrel on Tue, 04 March 2003 10:41
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: yucaf on Tue, 04 March 2003 11:06
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: freakyboy on Mon, 17 March 2003 16:38
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Paladin on Fri, 02 May 2003 12:11
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Fri, 02 May 2003 22:52
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: freakyboy on Sat, 03 May 2003 06:35
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Sat, 03 May 2003 17:20
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Paladin on Mon, 05 May 2003 10:36
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Kotk on Fri, 27 June 2003 09:42
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Fri, 27 June 2003 10:33
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Robert on Fri, 27 June 2003 12:07
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Fri, 27 June 2003 16:39
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Paladin on Fri, 27 June 2003 12:18
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Crusader on Fri, 27 June 2003 13:15
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: zoid on Fri, 27 June 2003 18:12
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Kotk on Tue, 01 July 2003 05:59
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Tue, 01 July 2003 11:51
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Kotk on Tue, 01 July 2003 14:01
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Abaddon on Wed, 28 May 2003 05:55
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Paladin on Wed, 28 May 2003 09:43
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Marduk on Thu, 29 May 2003 10:55
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: OOMatter on Thu, 05 June 2003 17:32
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Crusader on Thu, 05 June 2003 16:51
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Crusader on Fri, 06 June 2003 08:57
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: ninja_squirrel on Sat, 28 June 2003 03:57
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Sotek on Sat, 28 June 2003 05:10
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Sat, 28 June 2003 07:52
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: Sotek on Sun, 29 June 2003 12:48
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Sun, 29 June 2003 13:25
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: shiver on Sun, 05 February 2006 04:30
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Sun, 05 February 2006 08:01
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: PricklyPea on Sun, 05 February 2006 08:12
		Re: Ramscoops, which one to use? By: BlueTurbit on Sun, 05 February 2006 09:45

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