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Offline Wanderer

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Amusement
« on: November 18, 2012, 05:30:17 pm »
How to know when the universe hates you:



The Red are MK IVs, the yellows MK IIIs, and the Blues are II's and under.  This is gonna get ugly.
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Offline zoutzakje

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Re: Amusement
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2012, 05:34:17 pm »
at least you've spotted a few nice targets already, judging from the priorities you've set ^^
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Re: Amusement
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2012, 05:42:18 pm »
Quote from: zoutzakje on November 18, 2012, 05:34:17 pm
at least you've spotted a few nice targets already, judging from the priorities you've set ^^

Ish.  There's an ARS two jumps out (P9) and a Bombard V Fab (P7), the P0's and 1's are things to watch out for.  There's a few eyes, a Special Forces Alarm, Counterspy, stuff like that.

It's just the 'chew through the MK IV' to get at that ARS... LOL. It's just a LOT of MK IV, particularly as borderworlds.
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Re: Amusement
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2012, 06:03:25 pm »
heh, I'd avoid the Special forces alarm post like the plague. I never cared about them in the past, but now they're lethal. I would personally try to take that cluster of 4 mk IV as quickly as possible. Unless one of them borders the special forces alarm, in which case I would try to assinate it and reload the game until it doesn't trigger. Well, I would only do that in high dif games, but I know that's all you play.
I'd get the ARS and Bombard fab fast and hope I won't get cuddly hugged  in the process.
I've learned not to alert mk IV worlds on dif 9/9 for too long. If I have to take a mk IV world that borders another mk IV world, I automatically take that one too (or place a Warp Jammer but that's too costy for early game knowledge).
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Offline keith.lamothe

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Re: Amusement
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2012, 06:09:28 pm »
That does look like a postcard from the RNG.  Did it come with black roses?

If it's early enough in the game, popping the SF alarm post will be mostly harmless ;)
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Re: Amusement
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2012, 06:41:19 pm »
Hope you don't mind reptiles, because you're going to have to turtle your way out of that one!

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Yeah, I know, lame joke, it had to be made.
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Re: Amusement
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2012, 11:45:08 am »
I really hope you don't have Hybrids on.  A 9/9 with even Hybrids just at 4 will have those Mark IV worlds swimming in 50+ less than 45 minutes into the game.  I cracked one, shutting down two would be tough.  You'd just have to hope you can raid at least one of the spawners.
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