| Re: to PP or not to PP? That is the ...iiiuuuuuuBANG! |
Thu, 03 April 2003 02:42   |
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 Robert |
 | Lt. Junior Grade |
Messages: 393
Registered: November 2002
Location: Dortmund, Germany | |
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I like to hear I am not the only one who does not believe PP is unplayable or just very weak.
I have some more comments here...
First of all the by far most important feature is the terraforming, but I see it a little bit different then
some others...
So it is less expensive than normal terraforming, bit there
are still the costs for the minerals... I think the real
advantage is that you can knock the yellows green BEFORE
you colonize the planet!
That makes PP perfect for a 1 immune 2 narrow hab scheme and
HP econ (or hybrid).
These race usually have problems to get yellows to work with
their 1/2500 pop efficiency, which is the main drawback IMHO.
Also I really like the 1 immune 2 narrow, and this is usually
not good for HPs, as you got lots of yellows to work up later.
But it makes PERFECT sense for PP!
First of all you get some really fat greens in the beginning,
and PP is (with the possible exception of a JoaT) the race which
is best able to find them quickly.
Second you are (with the sure exception of CA) best able to
terraform the many good yellows (most yellows can become 100%
worlds later!) to greens with only few packets before you
colonize them.
Third of all the immune-narrow schemes make your de-terraforming
ability more dangerous to enemies, as you always terraform the
planet towards your habs (and for immunes to the edges). If you
got centered habs, and your enemy also, your packets are useless.
But if you got one immune and the others _very_ shifted, all
3 minerals can de-terraform, and for every enemy you will find
a way to render the planet red.
So IMHO the PP is best used in a 1 immune 2 narrow scheme as HP!
note: I like to take temp immune, as i will terraform temp with
boranium, and i when i attack i dont want to attack with ironium
so they can catch it and build arms with it. also IF other races
play with 1 immunity, they usually chose grav, and you want to
use the de-terraforming ability later, so dont chose grav immune
also! Boranium is
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