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Post by Cory Trese on Nov 14, 2014 11:13:07 GMT -5
 435 Turns, just broke into $10K Economy. |
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Post by dragolord on Nov 14, 2014 11:21:26 GMT -5
Says the one who programs the cheat codes…  |
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Post by Cory Trese on Nov 14, 2014 11:42:09 GMT -5
Says the one who programs the cheat codes… Haha, no cheating here. |
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Post by En1gma on Nov 14, 2014 12:18:13 GMT -5
Which map is this one? Factions?
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Post by Cory Trese on Nov 14, 2014 12:33:20 GMT -5
Degla: 128x64 Map (90 Worlds)
Cadar, De Valtos and Thulun
Using the test version (v1.6.11)
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AA
Templar
Torps away!
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Post by AA on Nov 14, 2014 15:54:59 GMT -5
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Post by Awesomdary on Nov 17, 2014 15:52:17 GMT -5
On what difficulty are you playing?
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Post by lixxx235 on Nov 17, 2014 16:18:41 GMT -5
Probly easy. Cadar+Thulun is OP.
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Post by slayernz on Nov 17, 2014 17:08:25 GMT -5
Anyone who knows Cory Trese will know he never plays on Easy ... he's a sucker for the hardcore difficulties because once you get a hang of that, everything else becomes childs play.  I'm really impressed at the 33 colonies - especially since that's over a third of the total worlds available on the map! |
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Post by starfixer on Nov 17, 2014 23:58:43 GMT -5
How in the world do you defend 33 colonies with less than 16 ships?
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AA
Templar
Torps away!
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Post by AA on Nov 18, 2014 5:21:53 GMT -5
It is possible vary possible i've done it before starfixer |
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Post by Cory Trese on Nov 18, 2014 12:40:28 GMT -5
I'm playing on "Hard" difficulty, which is a bit lower than I usually play.
Cadar and Thulun together is a bit OP in the early game, but this empire is now 900 turns in and it is De Valtos that provides the backbone of the economy.
It's a very politically weak build, out of balance and prone to Solar Wars -- and the economy is 3::1 TP::Mines, which means we have swings from 6.5K profit per turn to -1.1K based on Politics.
Usually when I'm playing on Impossible I tend to use a lot more Mines and a lot less TP -- which is where I prefer Javat, Thulun and Rychart as my Factions.
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Consul
Colonial Minister of Clan Javat.
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Post by vylox on Nov 18, 2014 13:07:55 GMT -5
I have reached the point where I will essentially use only Javat and Rychart, with the 3rd faction being whatever I feel at the time. That's not too bad, though I hate to say your a bit slow for that map on hard. ;>. By turn 400 on that particular map, it shouldn't prove difficult to reach 40 colonies. But only because of how the map itself is laid out. Unless the Xeno get randomly placed close by your starting point (which I have yet to see happen on the Delga maps anyhow). However you have a weak setup for mid-game growth so I won't knock ya for it. starfixerYou do not need to have more than about 1 ship per 2-3 colonies on hard difficulty for the most part. Once you get to around 1500 or so turns is when it becomes more difficult to defend colonies with low ship counts. Primarily because the Xeno ships themselves are not much of a problem until they start swarming you from multiple directions. Which doesn't happen much on the Delga maps unless you get an odd placement roll for the Xeno starting points. I have a play on hard on the 112 world Rinze map with 42 colonies and 30 ships, with 7 of those ships being colony ships in route to increase my territory. Once you have discovered the locations of the Xeno on any given map, it should not prove difficult to use a few ships and an outpost style planet (lots of planetary defense to prevent losses) to contain a particular Xeno, as they will either flee from your forces if you have an "overwhelming" presence, or continually attack your outpost if it is lowly defended. This becomes more difficult to maintain and accomplish in the upper reaches of turns and on higher than hard difficulty. |
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Post by Cory Trese on Nov 18, 2014 13:22:04 GMT -5
Most of my planets have enough Population and Defenses to safely Evacuate for 10 or so turns in case of a Xeno invasion.
That gives me plenty of time to move the fleet to defensive positions, and the Population and Quality are protected by Defense.
I've weathered two major conflicts so far, at one point I had more ships but mothballed some Cruisers with old weapons and low Xp.
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