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Re: How do U use Boosters?

Sun, 22 June 2003 04:05

iztok

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Hi!
My booster usage goes through many phases. At start there are only scouts, but usually with scanner. In the next phase I use for booster whatever has enough fuel and has no use for the next two turns. That means PVTs, MFs (rarely), LFs. When I got to SFX hull I use it almost for everything. I'm reluctant to build IS's fuel transports because they are expensive. For the same price I can buy almost 3 scouts, that can boost 3 fleets, and serve lately as scanners. FX also become obsolete too soon with emerging of SFX.

Mini mine layer has some advantages to scout: is not destroyed in my exploding minefields and gives about 50% more fuel for the same price. Can not double as a scanner though. But for boosting another speed-bump DLL-7 layer of 500kT going for a single warp 9 move I need SFX, or 3 MMLs with fuel tanks. Again too expensive, and uses another design slot. That's quite more important with SD race, that usually needs 3 design slots just for minelayers (2 mini and one super), so the 4th one is IMO a waste.

Then there's HE's mini colonizer with Settler's Delight. If you are HE, use that and forget anything else. Even a SFX has a hard time to compete with them regarding price, and is quite an overkill for those small fleets of mini-coll freighters.

With cheap con you can also consider a FF booster with 3 fuel tanks and a single scanner. Has the best fuel/price ratio than anything else and can serve as a scanner lately, but again, a SFX is just 1 con level higher.

To conclude: IMO best boosters are scouts, until you get SFX.

BR, Iztok

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