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Offline NickAragua

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Devourer Golem seems weak
« on: February 17, 2011, 11:06:47 am »
I had some scouts on a planet with a devourer golem less than an hour into the game, and the poor thing was getting schooled by the AI's implosion guardians, to the tune of having ~80% health after going through that one system. Since it was headed into AI territory, I get the feeling I won't see it again. Anyone else notice this?

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Re: Devourer Golem seems weak
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2011, 11:16:07 am »
It is entirely possible to lose it, but don't count it out yet, it'll probably find a bunch of mark 1-4s fleet ships on the next planet and heal itself up.  The only way to truly kill that thing is hope it runs onto a mark 5 only planet.  Which is rare.

Which no, its not weak, wait till you run into it with your fleet of 2K ships.  Never seen a fleet like that die so quickly....*shudders*

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Offline Spikey00

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Re: Devourer Golem seems weak
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2011, 12:23:43 am »
Hah, devourer golems weak?  Don't be silly!

Don't worry, you'll be seeing it sometime later, as I am sure you will discover to your dismay.
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Offline Varone

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Re: Devourer Golem seems weak
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2011, 01:23:54 pm »
I'm not so sure.... i've enabled the devourer twice now and i've only had glimpses of it once in each game. It goes into AI territory and never returns..... Just gets shredded by the guardians and Ultra Heavy armored ships. True one game had The Core Ai so but with the other game it still got destroyed with a typical 7.6/7.6 AI

Offline Shrugging Khan

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Re: Devourer Golem seems weak
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2011, 05:41:36 pm »
bad luck, it must be.

I've often gotten to use it to my advantage, clearing attackers before they became to much of a problem. Well, I usually react too late and lose a portion of my fleet as well; but it's still a welcome aid in many situations.
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Offline TechSY730

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Re: Devourer Golem seems weak
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2011, 05:43:24 pm »
I think even if it is killed, a new one is spawned after some point. I'm not sure how long that takes though.