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Re: HE - usable? Sat, 28 December 2002 09:56 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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I love the 150/600 when I'm not IT!!!!

It's actually surprisingly easy to use 150kt cruisers for extended lengths of time.

In one game I'm playing, I've got 150/600's in use despite having the tech for the 300/500.

To elabourate upon this I'm playing a -F IS race. My primary ship design (and a highly successful one thus far) is a cruiser hull with...
6xAMP's
2xelephant sheilds
2xjammer 50's.
2xTGMS engine.

This weighs 128kt and coupled with my mini-bombers with Cherry bombs I can gate these ships 600ly easily (my empire is just over 600ly wide and I have gates everywhere). This allows me to respond instantly and with these 2 simple ship designs I've managed to perform quite well, my empire is the largest but not the strongest.

Now to make sure this is on subject I'd like to point out the HE race that was in the game. An experiment involving an 11% bi-immune HE race. It started damned well and stuck to it's guns by sending out lots of smaller fleets rather than a singular whorde.

The game has passed 2530 and the HE race is still in it - with a whopping total of 18 *remaining* planets. Up until 2460 it was miles ahead but by 2470 the rot had set in. Support ships were arriving 5 years too late and defensive fleets couldn't intercept anything. The race has lost almost it's entire empire and at the same time has lost barely any of it's defensive ships. I should know - the race is my ally!!!

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