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Re: Ideas on the best WM design.

Wed, 08 June 2005 14:00

SinicalIdealist

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LEit wrote on Tue, 06 April 2004 22:58

In general a WM shouldn't be planning for post 2500, they need to dominate before then. Higher eff costs a LOT, more mines operated is cheap, and early on, either will get you more minerals out of the ground. So especially for a WM, operate more at 10 eff, and stomp your neighbors early for more minerals.

Honestly, I don't really plan for beyond 2475 w/ WM. Smile

Once nubians are prevalent, WM is doomed. You need to make your mark and gobble up half the galaxy by then or your game is over. No mine fields and 80% defenses don't lead to a strong end-game.

I always ALWAYS take ISB w/ WM. WM is all about short term power. IFE, NRSE, ISB, OBRM, NAS, RS.
1 in 4-5 and 19% non immune.
Also I try to center temp and grav as much as possible and set rad extreme.
WM loves a wide hab. Wide habs mean you overlap w/ more enemies. That means you have more planets to invade. Invasions are good.
Econ: usually 1/1000 12.9.14, 10.3.15-18
Tech - 2 cheap @3. w/ WM I often even go 1 cheap, but this gets dicey in the BB era when you want DNs.
W/ this type of WM, I stick to BCs predominantly w/ a gate-centric strategy, building most of my ships at SDs, avoiding any production more than 200kt, except for offensive missile boats for starbase suppression.

W/ similar designs I've hit 40k by 50 in a real game (medium dense, 15 players).

g.e.
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"When the newspapers have been read, the TV sets shut off, the cars parked
in their various garages. Then, faintly, I hear voices from another star.
(I clocked it once, and the reception is best between 3:00 A.M. and 4:45
A.M.). Of course, I don't usually tell people this when they ask, "Say,
where do you get your ideas?" I just say I don't know. It's safer."
-P. K. Dick

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		Ideas on the best WM design. By: Mosser on Tue, 04 March 2003 20:21
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: chagarra on Tue, 04 March 2003 20:57
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Stalwart on Tue, 04 March 2003 23:30
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: yucaf on Wed, 05 March 2003 14:11
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: chagarra on Wed, 05 March 2003 22:33
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Mosser on Thu, 06 March 2003 11:43
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: yucaf on Thu, 06 March 2003 21:13
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Mosser on Thu, 06 March 2003 22:35
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Coyote on Thu, 06 March 2003 23:42
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: yucaf on Fri, 07 March 2003 21:47
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Dark_Traveller on Fri, 17 October 2003 16:51
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: LEit on Fri, 17 October 2003 21:12
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Dark_Traveller on Sat, 18 October 2003 18:20
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: zoid on Wed, 05 March 2003 22:40
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Mark_WI on Tue, 21 October 2003 01:04
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Dark_Traveller on Thu, 23 October 2003 17:07
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 04:40
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Kotk on Mon, 29 March 2004 09:22
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 10:40
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Kotk on Mon, 29 March 2004 11:55
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 12:13
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Kotk on Mon, 29 March 2004 15:08
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 15:38
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Kotk on Mon, 29 March 2004 15:58
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Mon, 29 March 2004 16:10
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Dark_Traveller on Tue, 06 April 2004 09:59
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: LEit on Tue, 06 April 2004 10:13
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Dark_Traveller on Tue, 06 April 2004 12:04
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: LEit on Tue, 06 April 2004 13:52
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Tue, 06 April 2004 10:23
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Dark_Traveller on Tue, 06 April 2004 12:09
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: overworked on Tue, 06 April 2004 13:10
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: mlaub on Wed, 07 April 2004 01:41
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: LEit on Wed, 07 April 2004 01:58
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: iztok on Wed, 07 April 2004 02:35
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Wed, 07 April 2004 03:30
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: SinicalIdealist on Wed, 08 June 2005 14:00
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Braindead on Sun, 12 June 2005 19:26
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Kotk on Wed, 07 April 2004 07:20
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Kotk on Tue, 06 April 2004 13:25
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: iztok on Mon, 29 March 2004 12:29
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Crusader on Tue, 06 April 2004 13:57
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Dark_Traveller on Tue, 06 April 2004 16:20
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: joseph on Tue, 06 April 2004 17:16
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: Ptolemy on Tue, 06 April 2004 18:49
		Re: Ideas on the best WM design. By: overworked on Tue, 06 April 2004 19:53

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