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Sorceress posted 03-16-99 10:46 PM ET
I remember those old paper based board games with the hexagonal grids. The units had limits to how many could be in one space. I get a little annoyed at having to design defenses in my bases that can withstand the attacks of triple stacks of 20 odd Demon Boils each....
Has anyone come up with a "surefire" tactic? It seems no matter what I do, eventually they wear me down. I saw a lvl30 base cut in half in one turn that way.... ick.
Oh sure, someone is saying be nicer to Planet, but thats no fun :-)
Pique posted 03-17-99 12:03 AM ET
A single Fusion Conventional Missle will take out stacks of AT LEAST 13 worms.
By the time Planets churning out 10+worms/stack, you should have the neccessary tech to garison your cities with no less than two of these each, and also maintain a healthy supply of clean formers/super formers to quickly take out the resulting fungus.
Alternate defense- Empath choppers (with air superiority, for LofC's, if the situation warrants).
The key is, ALWAYS attack the worms before they attack you. You get a 3/2 advantage just for being the aggressor in psi combat, and many times I've gotten info on a square that said it had 10+ worms in it but after a single attack with a chopper they ALL die-disappear-go away.
Pique
Sorceress posted 03-17-99 12:14 AM ET
hmmm, haven't tried the missile idea. I usually see single use units as wasteful, but I'll try that.
Presently I have been using a large reserve of clean-drop psi hovertanks and you are right, killing them all seems the only option... but that can be hard sometimes.... thanks for the ideas!
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Author	Topic: I wish there were "stacking" rules
Sorceress	posted 03-16-99 10:46 PM ET I remember those old paper based board games with the hexagonal grids. The units had limits to how many could be in one space. I get a little annoyed at having to design defenses in my bases that can withstand the attacks of triple stacks of 20 odd Demon Boils each.... Has anyone come up with a "surefire" tactic? It seems no matter what I do, eventually they wear me down. I saw a lvl30 base cut in half in one turn that way.... ick. Oh sure, someone is saying be nicer to Planet, but thats no fun :-)
Pique	posted 03-17-99 12:03 AM ET A single Fusion Conventional Missle will take out stacks of AT LEAST 13 worms. By the time Planets churning out 10+worms/stack, you should have the neccessary tech to garison your cities with no less than two of these each, and also maintain a healthy supply of clean formers/super formers to quickly take out the resulting fungus. Alternate defense- Empath choppers (with air superiority, for LofC's, if the situation warrants). The key is, ALWAYS attack the worms before they attack you. You get a 3/2 advantage just for being the aggressor in psi combat, and many times I've gotten info on a square that said it had 10+ worms in it but after a single attack with a chopper they ALL die-disappear-go away. Pique
Sorceress	posted 03-17-99 12:14 AM ET hmmm, haven't tried the missile idea. I usually see single use units as wasteful, but I'll try that. Presently I have been using a large reserve of clean-drop psi hovertanks and you are right, killing them all seems the only option... but that can be hard sometimes.... thanks for the ideas!