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Ascender_DIR_001 posted 08-27-99 04:11 PM ET
-Can planet busters be equipt with special capabilites like nerve gas pods?
-Can the planet buster be equipt with lower payloads to cause limited damage?
-Is the carrier deck restricted to sea going units?
-How many slots (Correct terminology?) are their on the cruiser chassis?
-What are the special capabilites and weapon types?
Thanks in advance
Roland Sennholz posted 08-27-99 05:39 PM ET
Missiles cannot be armed with special abilities(Things units cannot normaly do).
There is only one setting for planet busters (Anything lower would be conventional).
And I don't know about carrier deck being restricted to sea units.
Roland Sennholz posted 08-27-99 05:56 PM ET
Sorry, I was wrong, you can put different reactors on planet busters.
Krushala posted 08-28-99 11:43 AM ET
Carriers can carry air units and land units since carrier deck is the special ability of transports. Since a missle is an air unit pb's and conventional missles can be loaded on them to.
Slots on cruiser chasis? do you mean special abilities. It's 1 until after neural grafting then it's 2
I don't know the weapons/ special abilities off hand try the datalinks.
sandals posted 08-31-99 10:15 AM ET
Carrier decks can only be placed on seagoing units. I had an idea where I would make a drop carrier transport (w/Space Elevator), and load it with missiles. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible. I guess I could edit alpha.txt to do it...
On PB's the radius of damage is set by the reactor, 1-4. You can build weaker reactor PBs after you have higher tech, but they will cost as much or more.
I don't think that you need a list if weapons & abilities to decide whether or not to buy the game - just do it. And get addicted.
Schoop posted 09-01-99 07:10 PM ET
If I'm stocking up on PBs, I always build two kinds. One with the fission reactor for precision strikes, one with the biggest reactor I can get for mass carnage. Use the little one to wipe out annoying bases that are near good terrain, so you can claim the land for yourself.
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Author	Topic: Weapons-A few questions before I buy...
Ascender_DIR_001	posted 08-27-99 04:11 PM ET -Can planet busters be equipt with special capabilites like nerve gas pods? -Can the planet buster be equipt with lower payloads to cause limited damage? -Is the carrier deck restricted to sea going units? -How many slots (Correct terminology?) are their on the cruiser chassis? -What are the special capabilites and weapon types? Thanks in advance
Roland Sennholz	posted 08-27-99 05:39 PM ET Missiles cannot be armed with special abilities(Things units cannot normaly do). There is only one setting for planet busters (Anything lower would be conventional). And I don't know about carrier deck being restricted to sea units.
Roland Sennholz	posted 08-27-99 05:56 PM ET Sorry, I was wrong, you can put different reactors on planet busters.
Krushala	posted 08-28-99 11:43 AM ET Carriers can carry air units and land units since carrier deck is the special ability of transports. Since a missle is an air unit pb's and conventional missles can be loaded on them to. Slots on cruiser chasis? do you mean special abilities. It's 1 until after neural grafting then it's 2 I don't know the weapons/ special abilities off hand try the datalinks.
sandals	posted 08-31-99 10:15 AM ET Carrier decks can only be placed on seagoing units. I had an idea where I would make a drop carrier transport (w/Space Elevator), and load it with missiles. Unfortunately, that wasn't possible. I guess I could edit alpha.txt to do it... On PB's the radius of damage is set by the reactor, 1-4. You can build weaker reactor PBs after you have higher tech, but they will cost as much or more. I don't think that you need a list if weapons & abilities to decide whether or not to buy the game - just do it. And get addicted.
Schoop	posted 09-01-99 07:10 PM ET If I'm stocking up on PBs, I always build two kinds. One with the fission reactor for precision strikes, one with the biggest reactor I can get for mass carnage. Use the little one to wipe out annoying bases that are near good terrain, so you can claim the land for yourself.