| Re: HE race. Thoughts? |
Wed, 31 December 2008 07:32   |
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 iztok |
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Hi!
| magic9mushroom wrote on Tue, 30 December 2008 13:42 |
I hate NRSE, that's all, and would prefer the battle efficiency
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Last time I checked all "standard" engines were faster in battle than comparable scoop engines. Regarding fuel: your race can build the refueling Dock in one turn on every empty (== bombed out  ) planet in a single turn.
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'specially since HEs rely more on cruiser-class hulls than any other (factoried) race.
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Umm, in MY book of Stars!-rules-of-thumb there's no such a statement . I'd use hordes of CCs if I'd have gates, to "throw" them around as needed. But for a HE with NRSE is the AD-8 engine the last I'd put on a mainline warship CC. TGD-9 and IS-10 are simply too expensive to be used en-mass on a CC. And the AD-8 on a CC has a nasty limitation of just one W-9 move. There's no fuel for the next one, so a player has to do more MM to overcome that limitation.
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> Get more mines, like 10/3/23.
But won't I have twice as many planets to mine on?
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Yes, but you'll also have twice as many planets to build on them. Those planets will ALL have about 1.5k resources, and the 16-Jihad BB costs about 1k resurces but 1.3MT of iron. With ~1k mines operating you could VERY soon have resources, but no minerals. Belive me, two years ago I've won a game Star-Crossed with a 6% 3-immune HE with 10/3/21 mines, and I had to be quite picky about what to build.
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Would elec cheap, ener normal be a valid option?
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IMO not. The last tech for Elec you want to get in a "normaly" fast game is level 16 for jammer-30 and Elephant pen scanners. Then there's quite a big "hole" to Nexus comp at Elec-19, and nothing more of real importance thereafter. But in Energy you have two shields at en-18 and 22 and ultimate defenses at en-23. IMO for a HE with its half-sized planets better defenses come handy.
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What about taking only 2 cheap techs?
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An option, but the 3rd cheap tech is quite cheap in RW points, and could save you a lot of resources (and time) you
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