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Re: Remote mining.... Do you?

Fri, 27 June 2003 05:41

Kotk

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If the game is smaller and does not last any longer than 90 turns then taking 10/3/17 mines will give you *all* the minerals that you ever need. OBRM will give 85 whopping points and make your pop levels 10% higher.

Remote mining may be useful sometimes. In large/huge universes, where most people avoid serious fighting until 2460 anyway. Have 10/3/14 mines (you need to build the factories) and drop the OBRM. That gives decent remote mining ability at the battleship era. Still the "mine" at miner costs you 4 resources + 2 minerals + ship design. Your neighbours build them for 3 resources and no minerals. I prefer 11/3/17 mines (read to swim in minerals anyway) + 10% higher pop levels and bye bye to the remote mining until MT gives me alien miners.

As for ARM... it costs 50 points as sole lrt but people usually take lots of LRT-s so for example as 5th LRT it costs 70 points.

Even with AR prt the ARM can be a waste of points. You can make one tech half cheaper with these points instead. With ARM-less AR you can build the mini-miner with qj5 and one construction 7 miner quite early, starting from turn 15-20 it is almost gateable when you get 300/500 gate and you do not need these miners in huge numbers. About 10 fleets of 223 ships can keep your mineral output better than that of your neighbours until turn 80 or so. Late in game the miner will cost you 40 resources, you double your mineral output with 2 years whenever needed.

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		Remote mining.... Do you? By: Abaddon on Tue, 24 June 2003 05:00
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Sinla on Tue, 24 June 2003 05:45
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: djhakase on Tue, 24 June 2003 09:58
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Steve on Tue, 24 June 2003 10:31
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: The Taubat on Tue, 24 June 2003 10:40
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Sinla on Tue, 24 June 2003 16:16
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Crusader on Tue, 24 June 2003 16:46
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Hatterson on Tue, 24 June 2003 19:05
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: zoid on Wed, 25 June 2003 00:55
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Coyote on Wed, 25 June 2003 02:10
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Paladin on Wed, 25 June 2003 08:20
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Abaddon on Wed, 25 June 2003 09:59
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: boneandrew on Wed, 25 June 2003 18:24
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Deuce on Fri, 27 June 2003 03:09
		Re: Remote mining.... Do you? By: Kotk on Fri, 27 June 2003 05:41
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