Author Topic: Dealing with a botnet-golem golemite AI  (Read 1750 times)

Offline CogDissident

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Dealing with a botnet-golem golemite AI
« on: August 24, 2010, 10:05:33 am »
So, I'm in a game with two AI8s, one is a golemite, but it has an active botnet golem on a chokepoint world I "have" to take, and I'm wondering what the best way to take it out would be. The only ship I have unlocked is Z beam frigates, and the new siege starships.

My initial idea is to build a few spacedocks and flood the warp-gate with a ton of fighters so the botnet golem (very slowly) kills itself reclaiming fighters from me, but does anyone else have a good suggestion on the best way to handle it?

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Re: Dealing with a botnet-golem golemite AI
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2010, 10:38:24 am »
build a few spacedocks and flood the warp-gate with a ton of fighters so the botnet golem (very slowly) kills itself reclaiming fighters from me

best way of handling it right there, although ideally ensure you send those fighters in one at a time so it wastes an entire salvo on each one (ie, have only 1 engineer on the spacedock)

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Re: Dealing with a botnet-golem golemite AI
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2010, 12:06:14 pm »
Try starships, namely seiges?  I am not sure about their bonuses against a golem, but you could try.
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Offline CogDissident

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Re: Dealing with a botnet-golem golemite AI
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2010, 12:13:33 pm »
Sieges get no bonus against golems, i checked. They'd do awful damage and get eaten right quick.

Offline Dragon

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Re: Dealing with a botnet-golem golemite AI
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2010, 07:53:01 pm »
Hummm, that is odd, I would think they would have a bonus against golems....  Maybe it's something to be updated in future patches... :P