Poll

choose you DON'T unlock or use

Acid Sprayer
15 (4.6%)
Anti-Armor Ship
2 (0.6%)
Armor Ship
3 (0.9%)
Autocannon Minipod
3 (0.9%)
Bulletproof Fighter
2 (0.6%)
Cutlass
9 (2.8%)
Deflector Drone
8 (2.5%)
Electric Shuttle
4 (1.2%)
EtherJet Tractor
7 (2.2%)
Eye Bot
5 (1.5%)
Grenade Launcher
4 (1.2%)
Impulse Emitter
4 (1.2%)
Infiltrator
4 (1.2%)
Laser Gatling
1 (0.3%)
Tachyon Microfighter
4 (1.2%)
MLRS
1 (0.3%)
Munitions Booster
3 (0.9%)
Parasite
3 (0.9%)
Raider
2 (0.6%)
Raptor
4 (1.2%)
Force Field Bearer
5 (1.5%)
Sniper
10 (3.1%)
Space Plane
2 (0.6%)
Spider Bot
5 (1.5%)
Tank
2 (0.6%)
Teleport Raider
9 (2.8%)
Teleport Station
8 (2.5%)
Vampire Claw
6 (1.9%)
Short Range Turret
2 (0.6%)
Spider Turret
2 (0.6%)
MLRS Turret
1 (0.3%)
Missile Turret
2 (0.6%)
Laser Turret
0 (0%)
Lightning Turret
4 (1.2%)
Counter-Sniper Turret
4 (1.2%)
Counter Dark Matter Turret
11 (3.4%)
Counter-Missile Turret
15 (4.6%)
Tractor Beam Turret
0 (0%)
Gravity Turret
10 (3.1%)
Advanced Warp Sensor
7 (2.2%)
Area Mine
11 (3.4%)
Fortress
3 (0.9%)
Force Field Generator
2 (0.6%)
EMP Mine
9 (2.8%)
Mercenary Spacedock
6 (1.9%)
Starship Constructor
0 (0%)
Missile Silo
5 (1.5%)
Manufactory
2 (0.6%)
Space Tugs
9 (2.8%)
Science Lab
1 (0.3%)
Mobile Builder
3 (0.9%)
Tachyon Warhead
12 (3.7%)
EMP Warhead
7 (2.2%)
Lightning Warhead
5 (1.5%)
Armored Warhead
14 (4.3%)
Nuclear Warhead
10 (3.1%)
Ion Cannons Mark I and II
4 (1.2%)
SuperFortress
2 (0.6%)
Orbital Mass Driver
5 (1.5%)
Black Hole Machine
9 (2.8%)
Zenith Power Generator
1 (0.3%)
Planetary Shield Booster and Inhibitors
3 (0.9%)
Radar Jammers Mark I and II
8 (2.5%)

Total Members Voted: 0

Voting closed: May 17, 2010, 04:04:26 pm

Author Topic: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?  (Read 3100 times)

rubikscube

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Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« on: May 09, 2010, 04:04:26 pm »
Most things are unlocking mk2 or mk3, also specify why you don't unlock kinda messy so tell me if i miss something

Offline RCIX

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 04:39:03 pm »
It's actually kind of strange, i don't use the Mobile Builder almost ever; if i'm going to take the planet i just steamroll it and slap up a command station, and if i'm not i'm usually just passing through.
« Last Edit: May 09, 2010, 04:41:49 pm by RCIX »
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rubikscube

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2010, 05:01:16 pm »
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY, but if i really need a beach head, maybe i'll use it but mobile miltary wins most of the time

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2010, 05:16:53 pm »
It's useful for knowledge raiding, you can keep your fleet somewhere else, just drop a FF in and build a couple turrets and counter-snipers and you're good to go.

rubikscube

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2010, 07:15:30 pm »
no one uses acid sprayers, nukes , armored warhead

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2010, 07:56:48 pm »
I use nukes occasionally.  I generally don't use armored or tachyon missiles though.

Mobile builders are key for being able to build power plants on ai owned worlds.

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2010, 08:34:49 pm »
Yea the warheads honestly need to be revamped/balanced.  The AIP costs for most of them (sans Lightning) do not even begin to outweigh the benefits.  Like the tachyon and EMP missles shouldn't even cost AIP the resource cost should be sufficient (if not increase it).  Armoured Warheads are in the similar AIP boat, but Nukes are just something else entirely.  They'd be fine if FFBearers didn't make everything immune, which means detonating a nuke is next to useless since by the time they're potentially useful theres a billion FFBearers covering everything.

rubikscube

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2010, 10:14:06 pm »
I guess big update next month for a summer sale

Offline ShadowOTE

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2010, 11:30:50 pm »
hmm, no clear consensus, except on some of the specialty stuff like acid sprayers. looks like there's no clearly underpowered units that everyone hates :D

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2010, 01:09:55 am »
hmm, no clear consensus, except on some of the specialty stuff like acid sprayers. looks like there's no clearly underpowered units that everyone hates :D

Acid sprayer shields are amazing, they can serve as a distraction if nothing else.  They do well at killing zenith ships.

rubikscube

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2010, 06:19:12 pm »
hmm, no clear consensus, except on some of the specialty stuff like acid sprayers. looks like there's no clearly underpowered units that everyone hates :D
no one hates yes
not so useful yes

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2010, 06:47:56 pm »
Armored Warheads.. does anyone really use them (at 40+ AIP ???)
And mines.. heh - the recent buffs didn't really fix the issue at hand with them.

Well this poll actually is very interesting.. if only we could sort the display of the results (i hate SMF)

Also - Crystal/Metal Manufacturers are always unlocked (unless you mean something else?)
« Last Edit: May 10, 2010, 06:51:02 pm by eRe4s3r »
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rubikscube

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2010, 07:00:06 pm »
using them actually, of course if you are running out of resources using them would be a good idea so,  but my idea is i never would want to waste resources, not even for something i need badly, at most i'll pause everything else to get the job done

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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2010, 07:17:29 pm »
Thats ok then, because i wouldn't use them either.  :D
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Re: Do you ever unlock or buy these turrets and bonus ships?
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2010, 07:20:13 pm »
like when do you need 1 billion health, my warhead usually survives to my destination, if not clear the worm hole entrance with fleet first, then use transports with bombers if nessasary