Dargoon999

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="22" id="2296701"]Admittedly, most people here have zero background in military tactics. Our experience is with games alone, so a "2-3 default pattern" doesn't make sense to us. You'll have to explain what you mean. That said, I do know there is a stark difference between real-life military tactics and military tactics in a game. A chessmaster doesn't have the training or experience to become a military officer, just as a military office

[quote who="onasander" reply="21" id="2296552"]I do know most- I studied strategy for 16 years. The issue with thecap ship sounds simple, give it a 2-3 default pattern for a convoy, and make sure that they don't enter into a gravity well without skirmishers within that convoy and a second one tagging with a radius of the main convoy- best that second floater group operating within that main convoy be carriers. This is done with geometrical formating- of how

[quote who="onasander" reply="18" id="2296405"]I haven't gotten Entrenchment yet, waiting for a reply to my question post on that before I go in- however, you cannot look at a campaign on the basis of start to complete, but rather, of testing your manueverings on internal-external lines- how defense operates in a dynamism, manuever capabilites, how to manage your convoy formation (I really wish there was formats where you could choose how fleets moved together- like a honey combpattern with c

[quote who="Shirley" reply="17" id="2296088"]Chuck Norris can colonize stars. Gravity wells are not actually caused by gravity. They are simply boundaries that Chuck Norris does not allow matter to cross. Anything outside them belongs to him. Chuck Norris can upgrade empty space. And for the forums: Chuck Norris can give negative karma. [/quote] So th

The problem with the starbases are the starbases themselves. Remove the starbases from Entrenchment and you'll have one hell of a game. Making the starbases "togglelable" (is that even a word?) would be nice and not too difficult for the devs. We can already toggle on/off the pirates, why not starbases. I love Entrenchment but the AI cant beat the starbases and they also make games last a lot loooooonger; and they lasted long enough in vanilla.</

Why dont you ask someone you know (father/sister/friend...) if they could buy it for you and you pay them back in cash.

Does the AI ever build starbases at stars? No!

[quote who="Savyg" reply="13" id="2290235"] Quoting Dargoon999, reply 10 BTW, Amazon.com sale price is only 7.99$. Not a huge risk if you ask me. Its your call, but if you are a C&C Generals fan, than you have nothing to be afraid of. I have nothing to gain either. I have way too many games already. (Along with plenty of other older games that seemed interesting but I never actually played.) [/quote] <

[quote who="Savyg" reply="9" id="2289738"]I'm a huge Generals fan, but Act of War had the most boring demo. I can't get myself to buy it. [/quote] Savyg, if you are a big fan of Generals, than you are missing on one hell of a game. Act of War is far superior to Generals in every way. Unless spamming tanks and rushing the enemy is your thing. If that is what you like to do, then dont touch Act of War. In AoW, you cant spam tanks, and you REALLY need a balance

[quote quoting="post"] Ok, heres the easiest starbase kill ever: Vasari: add 318 bomber squadrons, 38 fighter squadrons, full health, Advent starbaseat highest defence upgrade. Stir, and you get a wiped out enemy planet, in a matter of seconds. If anyone has any comments, post them now. Also, post any other amazing or easy starbase kills. [/quote] [e digicons]-_-[/e]

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="11" id="2289545"] The reason Vasari starbases are "more powerful" is because their ability to move is "free". You dont have to do any research to get it. Thats a BIG plus for them. For TEC/Advent, you have to spent time/ressources to make them "more" useful. I'd definitely agree with that. If we had to actually sink 1800 credits (plus crystal and metal costs) to get the ability to move, the Vasari starbase would be a lot more c

[quote who="SageWon" reply="7" id="2289326"] And all starbases you can simply bypass, that is if you don't mind your fleet being robbed of all its AM and taking 20+% damage to their hulls. Throw some well placed mines in and it becomes much more costly. Actually, its 30% damage to hulls & sheilds , with all anti matter removed. And you forgot to mention the TEC ability that you can resear

[quote who="Volt_Cruelerz" reply="12" id="2284787"]You could have a planet type like that... Perhaps you could refer to it as "Ancient Ruins." Such a planet would guarantee the existance of an artifact. This could potentially make them a very valuable. [/quote] That is a great idea! I really like it. You and Razonator deserve a little bit of love for those brilliant ideas (although I have to say that a capturable Frig Factory would probably unbalance the game, s

Look, I had the same problem. My 8800GTX was heating my casing. My recommendation would be to open your casing to let the heat come out and you could do what I did; place a large fan (a fan you would use in any part of your house) right next to your casing. Its not the best solution but its a temporary one until you can get better venting for your PC. Removing the dust is a good start but I doubt it's gonna be enough. Bottom line is; you have to cooldown your

[quote who="TheRezonator" reply="8" id="2280519"] I think that all planets should have one additional upgrade; - Military: ship build time reduced by 20% for that gravity well. - Economic: trade ports/population income increased by 10% for that gravity well. - Industrial: Metal/Crystal asteroids and refinery ships income increased by 15% for that gravity well. - Research: technology research time reduced by 5% for each planet with this upgrade.

I think that all planets should have one additional upgrade; - Military: ship build time reduced by 20% for that gravity well. - Economic: trade ports/population income increased by 10% for that gravity well. - Industrial: Metal/Crystal asteroids and refinery ships income increased by 15% for that gravity well. - Research: technology research time reduced by 5% for each planet with this upgrade. You could only choose one of them, tha

Look, I'm not trying to start an argument here. All I'm saying is that Crysis did not turn out to be what I expected. BTW, Razonator, Soldiers do respawn in Crysis, Korean Soldiers are very tough to take down, emptying half a clip to a full clip just to kill one is bad enough, but having to see them respawn is ludicrous. If you still have the game, replay one and test it for yourself. I can clearly remember a military base with tanks in the middle, I saw a heavy machine gun

[quote who="GeneralEtrius" reply="16" id="2278823"]Hey, the game is no longer crahing, but there seems to be a bug. Spolier alert: At the end of the Relic phase, you have to fight several Koreans in order to get picked up. I killed them, and the plane still wont come. Has anyone had this problem? [/quote] I had the exact same problem, I had to restart the level to complete the game. Once I was finished the game I took it back for store credit. Not be

I dont really understand your question, do you want to know which one is better at supporting a fleet or in a 1 on 1 encounter?

[quote who="YiddoBobbins" reply="5" id="2273587"]Your day has been made by someone pointing out that your posting style is that of a child...? I'm not entirely sure why you'd be happy that, at 32, your writing makes people think of a teenage fanboy? Anyhoo, the fact that you're pleased by writing large number of question marks and exclaimation marks in sequence, then having it pointed out that you're apparently a grown adult and should really know better, is

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="4" id="2273578"]I played through the First Decade from C&C 95 to Zero Hour less then a year ago and it was quite fun. C&C 95 and Red Alert are perfectly playable. It's Tiberian Sun that's an issue since the pace is slow as molassess! The most challenging aspect will the the Zero Hour campaign on Hard. Chinese mission #3 is really tough. Funnily enough they don't compare to C&C 3: Kanes Wrath in difficulty...stuck on the 7th or so mission.

[quote who="YiddoBobbins" reply="2" id="2272961"] Quoting Dargoon999, reply 17 Quoting YiddoBobbins, reply 16 Quoting Dargoon999, reply 8 Annatar is right, the original C&C was awesome back in 95, but now its basically unplayable, so is Red Alert 1 and so is Tiberian Sun. This compilation pack only containt 2 playable/fun games for me; Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge & Generals/Zero Hour!

[quote who="GeneralEtrius" reply="7" id="2271924"]Let's not turn this into an EA rant thread. Also, I have Crysis: Maximum Edition. I saw on the discs that they might be specially made for this edition, and not the regular discs put in a box. [/quote] EA [e digicons]:puke:[/e]

[quote who="MetaNerd3ooo" reply="4" id="2271827"]What?? Since when did EA get support?? [/quote] EA does have support, and you can call them anytime, for 2.50$/min you can get all the crappy support you want with your DRM! [e digicons]:puke:[/e]

[quote who="GASherbert" reply="3" id="2271739"]I seem to recall seeing something about a Supreme Commander 2, and a WWII game called R.U.S.E., but I can't think of anything else off the top of my head. [/quote] Yes R.U.S.E is coming out in 2009-2010. I am looking forward to it. Its made by Eugen Systems, they're the same developpers that created Act of War - Direct Action and Act of War - High Treason.