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I'd say you jumped to my side of the fence. You said it yourself: reduce the speed of LRF's so they are ineffective at pursuing. They are already (fairly) ineffective at pursuing. An alternative I've seen in other wargames: make LRF's more flimsy. One of my favorite wargames (we're talking cardboard counters and dice here) had a missile boat in it. It was basically a bunch of rocket launchers attached to a hull made of tinfoil. Cheap, strong attack, long hitting r

Reply to Four Game Mechanics that Need Help in order to Enhance Variety in Strategies in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="59" id="2666951"]Capital carriers are faster than LRF, but you're right that cruiser carriers are a tad slower. But in any case, what does it matter? Carriers don't need to move into position to attack.[/quote] Yes they do. They have to get TO the gravity well in order to hover on the edge of it. [quote who="Darvin3" reply="59" id="2666951"]Against structures, Cobalts get 0.95 dps / command, and LRM's get 2.06 dps / command. Presu

Reply to Four Game Mechanics that Need Help in order to Enhance Variety in Strategies in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="57" id="2663446"] Once again: you left out the part about the LRF's getting IN. This depends on how the front-line is shaped and what kind of approaches you have. This could range from trivial to quite challenging, regardless of what units you're throwing at him. The most intense harass battles I've had in the past have been where I share a large border with my opponent that gives us both innumerable approaches, which usually means getting har

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[quote who="Darvin3" reply="54" id="2658501"]If you're careful with them, you won't lose them that easily. As I've said before, the key to good play is to be proactive, and stay one move ahead of your enemy. You don't lose your harassing LRF because they're already jumping out when the defenders arrive, and with carriers this is even easier to achieve.[/quote] Once again: you left out the part about the LRF's getting IN. [quote who="Darvin3" reply=

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[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="564" id="2658463"] Quoting Bask3tCase, reply 563 Anyway, out here in the real world, China's military technology sucks. The quality of the Chinese military may be inferior to say, Israel or the US or Russia...but its good enough to hold the line, and still better than most nations...the issue isn't the current state of its military quality, but the future...there is a significant gap, but China is closing in on the US...<br

Reply to Four Game Mechanics that Need Help in order to Enhance Variety in Strategies in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="50" id="2657240"] First of all, no one builds turrets on their backwater planets. It's a waste of money. Second of all, let's crunch some damage numbers (for TEC, for sake of argument) specifically for attacking structures. A Cobalt Light Frigate deals [/quote] Yes, absolutely. LRF's and bombers are the damage kings. Which would be fine and dandy if that was actually my point. It's not. The problem i

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It's amazing how the answer to something is usually right under your nose--in this case, the answer about China is right IN the game Sins of a Solar Empire! Those of you who have gone after the "civilian research" achievements in Sins should already know where I'm heading. There are three achievements you can earn in Sins, gained by researching ONLY civilian technology and NO military technology at all--and anybody who has tried to win a game this way knows it's a roy

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[quote who="Darvin3" reply="48" id="2656994"]In theory, yes. In practice, their long attack range compensates for their slow speed.[/quote] Heheh. In practice, lots of things find ways to go wrong, don't they? I'm just-- [e digicons]8C[/e] BRAINSTORM! I've got it!! THE sure-fire way to beat LRF spam: Just wait for the LRF spammer to screw up. [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e] Okay, in all seriousness: I'm just telling you what works

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[quote who="Agent of Kharma" reply="14" id="2577517"]These days I just start out the game building mass flak right off the bat. It is sort of funny that I will beat back lrf spam after lrf spam with it, only to have the guy just spam ever greater numbers of lrf at me, usually being fed in a team game to do it. The other day a TEC first spammed about 20 lrf at me, lost that fleet, came back with 35, lost that fleet, came back with 50-something, lost that fleet, and was on his way t