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- From: jb8n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joseph E. Beck)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
- Subject: Re: This has gone too far.....
- Message-ID: <YfBYIBW00Vp6I7G0wV@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:28:29 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.072631.26645@athena.mit.edu>
- <1992Dec21.093416.8891@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- In-Reply-To: <1992Dec21.093416.8891@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec21.072631.26645@athena.mit.edu> wildman@athena.mit.edu (Tim\
- > othy Worsley) writes:
- > > The problem with the DD is *not* that it is *worse* than a scout.
- > > The problem with the DD is that it is not sufficiantly *better* than
- > >a scout, to pay for the missing 3 warps.
- >
- > 3? last time i looked, a scout went warp 12 and a destroyer went warp 10.
- > is this some kind of new math they're teaching at MIT?
- > (no flames, i used to go to MIT.)
- >
- > gee, i learned to play netrek with CA. i switched to DD because
- > all these people were flying DD and i read somewhere (the FAQ?)
- > that it was the best ship for ogging, taking planets, etc.
- Best for ogging and planet taking? Hmmm.... In low clue games the
- AS is probably best for planet taking (you don't have to go home as
- often since you pick up 20 armies at once :-). In top quality play
- the SC or the AS is probably the best. Since you probably don't have
- more than 2 free armies at once (so you use a SC), or you've saved
- your armies and are going to crash a planet (and want something
- durable that will survive the clearing, so an AS is used). The DD is
- just....there. I want even comment on using 1 for ogging. I love it
- when people use them for that. That means I can take planets in a SC
- or an AS with no interference.
-
- > and now you guys are telling me it's not. maybe i should fly BB next.
- No, stick with CA's and SC's for most stuff.
-
- joe
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