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    • Hey firestorm, what's your combat rating? (seriously, it makes a difference.)

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    • Before I go to the Crescent I always do the UE missions and get an ultimate combat rating.

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      Originally posted by Csa:
      If any of you have conquored a race's homeworld without useing a patch for easier of faster battles, you know what it's like.

      I took over Voina in a crescent warship, no cheating. that took a long, long, time...

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    • I doubt you would be avle to beat a human controled Igazzra that way though.

      Good point. Fortunatly, I've never fought a HC Izzy.

      Also lets get abck to AI vs. AI. I know for sure that an Azzy fighter would get smoked >if it were controled by an AI.

      That's because the Azzy's use the same AI is the Izzys (they think that they're warships, not light fighters), but they were meant to be used as fighters, not warships. If they had their own AI, and it worked well*, it would be a completely different story. They don't, however, so they get smeared all over a HC Izzy's windshield.

      It would have to be really smart to work well. It would have to be able to retreat to recharge shields, use afterburner, dodge SAEs, and keep away from the front of the Izzy so they don't get hit by Dispy rockets. And while I'm at it, Each ship, should have a unique AI and com quotes. So lets assume you see ninty thousand ships in four hours of playing. The average comn quote is 40 letters long, and each ship has four of them, so ((4090,000)*4)/1000=megs of comn quotes...... ok, so it's a bad idea.

      Adzgari are still the best BY FAR, when human controlled

      posted by oasamostexianu

      I took over Voina in a crescent warship, no cheating. that took a long, long, time...

      Like, a weekend*10^53 or so? Congradulations, you have A Certan Ammount Of
      Bloody-Mindedness.

      If you want to conquer, a good idea is to get the Dominator plug, which gives each planet 32 ships that all appear at the same time, makeing the battle for any good planet nearly impossible. What I do is go to that planet just left of freeport, get a mine layer and plenty of mines, and go to a planet, any planet. get all the ships in the system away, and put mines on the planet, (3 for renged/UE, 5 for Voinia, 8 for Izzys is generally safe) fly to the edge of the screen, and demand tribute. The entire defence fleet comes out and POOF you have a conquored planet.

      Csa

    • Wow. you can use plugs to take over a planet. I'm very impressed.......

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      Originally posted by firestorm:
      **who is the other Izzy
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      The person who started the poll, firestorm.

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    • In AI to AI combat, it's the Azdgari Warship, no questions asked.

      However, as my prefered ship, the Igzara is the best. Fast, heavy, absolutely great.

      Trust me, I have more experients than most of you. Don't argue.
      ~Gav

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      Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
      **The person who started the poll, firestorm.

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      Yes I know who is the other one other than me.

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      Originally posted by Csa:
      **> I doubt you would be avle to beat a human controled Igazzra that way though.

      Good point. Fortunatly, I've never fought a HC Izzy.**

      It would be nice 😉

      Now on the topic, I think the Azdgari Warship is better than the Igazra because it is faster and has 6 Azdaras, though it would be better if you could control the Azdaras 😉

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    • you can kind of control them. You tell them when to fight and who to target.

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      Originally posted by Flatulence:
      **Wow. you can use plugs to take over a planet. I'm very impressed.......
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      Yeah, but it got boring after a minute or two, so I hocked the plug and started a new pilot.

      you can kind of control them. You tell them when to fight and who to target.

      target a ship and hit X to have them attack it (useful if you want to kill a ship)
      V makes them stop moveing/fireing (useful if you want to board a ship)
      C makes them return to the formation (Not so useful)
      Option+C makes them dock with you, if they're from a fighter bay. (not so useful)

      I have to use V before I tell them to attack a ship, because otherwise, they won't listen to me. Also, about half the time, when I take over a disabled ship or tell my fighters to re-dock, it frezes. Does anyone know why this is?

      Csa

    • How many megabytes of ram do you have? 😕 😕

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      Originally posted by firestorm:
      **How many megabytes of ram do you have?😕 😕
      **

      24. And I'm running it on a Preforma 638, so I guess it's probabaly my fault for not having a better computer. I might be getting an Imac soon, though....

      A note on RAM: If I have more than one window open when I start EVO, than when I quit tells me that it coulden't keep one of the windows open due to lack of memory.

      Another note on RAM: it never freezes if I capture a smaller ship than my current one, weather I use it as my own, or keep it as an escort. I'm flying a UE carrier right now, and it's never frozen when I captured Voinian frigates for escorts (I have three frigates and eight UE fighters for escorts at the moment).

      The Final Note on RAM: Sometimes, the game will pause for a frame about one a second, makeing the game seem jerky(sp)(not beef jerky; I mean that the game looks funny). This must also be due to lack of RAM

      Csa


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    • That last one happened to me just lately... from doing the ROTV II plug. THen again, it's understandable with 10 UE Carriers and all their fighters after me 😄

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      Originally posted by Flatulence:
      **with 10 UE Carriers and all their fighters after me:D

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      Only ten? Wow. You must be early in the plug. <Cryptic Grin>

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    • Neh. Speaking of the plug, I have just been chewed out by the Voinian general on Voinia, and now I'm to report back to Yandros... well, I did, and there was some text, and now nothing. So, I'm wandering the galaxy aimlessly. What's next?

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    • The plug messed up for me there but I got my next mission at Centari or New Voina.

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    • Neh... Lone, one more question.... when I have to scout out Aldura... and the mercenary fleet that the Voinians hired turns on me.... well, I kill them, and then go back to Molos, and nothing happens. Am I missing something?

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      Originally posted by firestorm:
      **the only ship that stands a chance at beating the Igazra is the Voinion cruiser because it has armor and can hod 6 turrets.

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      What do you mean the only ship that stands a chanse it a Voinion Cruiser? A Voinian Cruiser can beat it too. BTW, who are the Voinions? I just have never found them in the game. Are they in a plug or something?

      -Lonevoinian(about to scream because almost everyone spells "Voinian" wrong)

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