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Edward the fish posted 06-24-99 07:51 AM ET
isther anyway to make a land unit withe a speed of grater than 4 (hover tank withe antygrav struts) i ceap just emtying enamy bases of defenders and i cant get invaders in fast enuf (untill i get drop tech but thats not cheap).
Edward
Plato90s posted 06-24-99 11:56 AM ET
First, take a little more time to type.
Second, the fastest land unit you can make is a Anti-Grav Strut Elite Hovertank - 5 movement points.
Krushala posted 06-24-99 05:51 PM ET
Late in the game you can make gravships which can take over enemy bases. They have the best movement for a unit capable of conquering an enemy base. I'm not sure of the exact movement value. They come so late I rarely use them.
Rimmer posted 06-24-99 06:29 PM ET
Of coarse you could always modify the rules file.
Duh
Plato90s posted 06-24-99 09:58 PM ET
But Gravships can't use roads or magrails. Overall mobility wise, a Gravship is not as mobile as a Drop Hovertank.
After you build a Gravship at your home region, it'll take several turns to get to the battle front unless you have Psi Gate. But with orbital insertion tech, a Drop Hovertank can be there in a single turn.
In addition, Hovertank can attack multiple times while Gravships are limited to 1.
So for an extensive campaign, stick with ground troops. I get great satisfaction from using 2 Gravships to conquer a single enemy base and then dropping a dozen infantry and hovertank units into that city, instantly upgrading them to non-Drop units, and moving them out the same turn.
Zoetrope posted 06-25-99 08:12 AM ET
Actually, I find Edward (I of England) the fish's typographic spelling to be a refreshing blast from the past - Middle English to be precise: I haven't seen anything like it since Geoffrey Chaucer was as fresh as a hot bread kitchen.
jimmytrick posted 06-25-99 08:18 AM ET
Well, things vary from game to game, setting to setting.
I have found Locusts of Chiron to be very useful in base capture.
jimmytrick posted 06-25-99 08:21 AM ET
In fact, with a handful of Locusts and conventional air units to clean bases out, you can steamroll without any ground units at all!
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Author	Topic: spead of land units
Edward the fish	posted 06-24-99 07:51 AM ET isther anyway to make a land unit withe a speed of grater than 4 (hover tank withe antygrav struts) i ceap just emtying enamy bases of defenders and i cant get invaders in fast enuf (untill i get drop tech but thats not cheap). Edward
Plato90s	posted 06-24-99 11:56 AM ET First, take a little more time to type. Second, the fastest land unit you can make is a Anti-Grav Strut Elite Hovertank - 5 movement points.
Krushala	posted 06-24-99 05:51 PM ET Late in the game you can make gravships which can take over enemy bases. They have the best movement for a unit capable of conquering an enemy base. I'm not sure of the exact movement value. They come so late I rarely use them.
Rimmer	posted 06-24-99 06:29 PM ET Of coarse you could always modify the rules file. Duh
Plato90s	posted 06-24-99 09:58 PM ET But Gravships can't use roads or magrails. Overall mobility wise, a Gravship is not as mobile as a Drop Hovertank. After you build a Gravship at your home region, it'll take several turns to get to the battle front unless you have Psi Gate. But with orbital insertion tech, a Drop Hovertank can be there in a single turn. In addition, Hovertank can attack multiple times while Gravships are limited to 1. So for an extensive campaign, stick with ground troops. I get great satisfaction from using 2 Gravships to conquer a single enemy base and then dropping a dozen infantry and hovertank units into that city, instantly upgrading them to non-Drop units, and moving them out the same turn.
Zoetrope	posted 06-25-99 08:12 AM ET Actually, I find Edward (I of England) the fish's typographic spelling to be a refreshing blast from the past - Middle English to be precise: I haven't seen anything like it since Geoffrey Chaucer was as fresh as a hot bread kitchen.
jimmytrick	posted 06-25-99 08:18 AM ET Well, things vary from game to game, setting to setting. I have found Locusts of Chiron to be very useful in base capture.
jimmytrick	posted 06-25-99 08:21 AM ET In fact, with a handful of Locusts and conventional air units to clean bases out, you can steamroll without any ground units at all!