You must sign in to post. | Beginner's strategy question :: Feb 20, 2008 @ 9:07am |
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 krisrhodes
Joined: Feb 19, 2008
Posts: 2 | I just got this game yesterday.
I am playing duels against the AI in the "classic" scenario.
What should I do when there are no good planets near my starting position, and several good planets near my opponent's starting position? It seems like if I rush a bunch of ships over to his side of the screen to take the good planets, it takes too long and he is too well established, so he has three or four good planets while I have just my starting planet. But if I try taking planets nearer to me, then though we have the same number of planets for a moment, mine are far worse quality and I can not prevent the clobbering.
What is the correct strategy in a situation like this?
-Kris | | Re: Beginner's strategy question :: Feb 20, 2008 @ 12:00pm |
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unread Joined: Aug 18, 2007
Posts: 3 | The drawback of one on one games is that the structure of the map can give a great adventage to you... or to your opponent. When players of the same skill are duelling sometimes the winner is obvious in the first moment. If you have a better strategy and you are faster you still have a chance especially against bots.
If your opponent seem to grow much faster than you you have to attack immediately with as much ships as you can. Maybe they have spent too much ships on taking planets so you can kill them instantly. If they defend try to redirect your ships time after time. On the other hand they will hopefully stop expanding giving you some time to take planets with your remaining ships. If the keep expanding try to conquer immediately their new and empty planets! | | Re: Beginner's strategy question :: Feb 20, 2008 @ 12:22pm |
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 nanno
Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 389
Location: Colorado | Welcome to Galcon! We're glad you're enjoying the game!
This scenario is difficult, and sometimes impossible to win on higher levels. Your idea of sending all your ships at the enemy immediatly is good, but it needs a little modification. You can change your ship destination, but the computer cannot. Use this to your advantage. If you send all your ships to an enemy planet, the computer sends all its ships there as well. Take over the newly emptied planets as you fly past them by changing your destination at the last second. For example, the computer has planets A,B,C, and D. Send all your ships to plantet D. The computer will also send all ships to planet D in defense. Then as you pass by planet A, quickly change destination to planet A and take it. As soon as the planet is yours (but before all your fleets have landed), change destination again and take planet B, and so on. Sometimes you can get all the good planets in a few seconds. Try to make your original destination be a planet that is more remote. That way it will take longer for the computer to send ships back to the planets you just took. If you can keep your opponent flying as much as possible, you can quickly begin to outproduce him.
One more thing to keep in mind is that you should not pass up bargains. If you find a couple of so-so planets (over 25 production) near you that are quite cheap (less than 10 ships), take them. Even a gain of a few ships is better than no gain at all, and sometimes you can trick the computer into trading planets with you. Sometimes you can also find some mediocre bargains in enemy territory--the ones the computer wouldn't take. If you can nab a few of those too, you may be able to make a good trade when the bot empties some nice planets to attack your lousy ones.
And just keep in mind that some maps are simply impossible to beat at the higher difficulty levels. Don't keep trying till you're frustrated--the game is supposed to be fun. =P | | Re: Beginner's strategy question :: Feb 20, 2008 @ 5:34pm |
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txgangsta 
Joined: Mar 12, 2007
Posts: 256
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