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SeniorBiscuit

Join Date 12/2008

Looking for a few TEC tips

I have never played Sins online, and Im not sure if I will now but, a few people at my college play and we are starting to LAN game it, we are all fairly new.

I have the most experience with TEC so Im running with em.

Right now my general strategy is to

Expand fast, with some frigates and colony ships + good ol Marza.

Tech up maintaining only enough millitary to expand quickly

Rush for a stable trade port\refinery economy, making sure all new colonies are upgraded with populace to minimize credit waste.

Where im shaky right now is with the very early buildings. I build refineries then capital factory, then a civil research facility. From there my build order changes and is generally sloppy.

So whats a good opening build order for TEC, what civic\millitary techs to I need ASAP? Trade ports and LRM frigates?

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CaptainAanderson

Join Date 06/2008

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Quoting N3rull,

reply 16

Situational, depends on what they are doing and how far away they are. Scout them, if they are going military you have to too, if they are going eco and have some neutrals around or a nice thick curtain of militia around, eco is a must or they will roll over you in about half an hour.

I notice an inconsistency here.
If enemy goes war you have to go war as well, otherwise you lose.
If he goes econ you have to go econ, otherwise you lose as well.

Question - if going econ against war is a loss, then why going war when you see enemy going econ is not a win?

It depends on how far away your enemy is, like i said. If they go eco and there are 2 jumps, get lrms first and crush them. But if they are too far away you will not be able to fight through all the militia before their eco is much stronger than yours and they can pump out more ships. The lesson, as i'm sure you know from how much you play, is to react to what your opponent is doing.

KoK, let's say for argument's sake that you did invent Sova rushing, good for you, it is a game. Your sova will die to an egg, or to a mothership with shield restore, or to a marza, or a kol, or just about anything. It is a beginner strat useful against noobs who get suprised by quick cap rushes and the AI who will chase the thing aroung the grav well all day.

All the strats you claim to have invented for the TEC (Kodiak rush, dunov rush, sova rush..) they are all fairly common knowledge.

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Quoting CaptainAanderson,

reply 26

Quoting N3rull,
reply 16

Situational, depends on what they are doing and how far away they are. Scout them, if they are going military you have to too, if they are going eco and have some neutrals around or a nice thick curtain of militia around, eco is a must or they will roll over you in about half an hour.

I notice an inconsistency here.
If enemy goes war you have to go war as well, otherwise you lose.
If he goes econ you have to go econ, otherwise you lose as well.

Question - if going econ against war is a loss, then why going war when you see enemy going econ is not a win?

It depends on how far away your enemy is, like i said. If they go eco and there are 2 jumps, get lrms first and crush them. But if they are too far away you will not be able to fight through all the militia before their eco is much stronger than yours and they can pump out more ships. The lesson, as i'm sure you know from how much you play, is to react to what your opponent is doing.

KoK, let's say for argument's sake that you did invent Sova rushing, good for you, it is a game. Your sova will die to an egg, or to a mothership with shield restore, or to a marza, or a kol, or just about anything. It is a beginner strat useful against noobs who get suprised by quick cap rushes and the AI who will chase the thing aroung the grav well all day.

All the strats you claim to have invented for the TEC (Kodiak rush, dunov rush, sova rush..) they are all fairly common knowledge.

If so simple please explain to the young commander, what the three things are that are essential to successfully executing the rushes and for kicks we will also throw in the kol and if you fell up to it the marza. thanks for taking some of the work off my hands.

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And while we're at it, let's all compare manhood sizes . Seriously, this is a thread to help someone who wants TEC tips. It's not about who came up with what strategy and all that. Keep your ego in check and just help the guy out.

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