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Offline chemical_art

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When do deep strikes counterattacks occur?
« on: January 14, 2012, 11:05:36 pm »
How many planets is it again? Does it matter if the numbers result in the AI not being alerted?
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Offline Wanderer

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Re: When do deep strikes counterattacks occur?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2012, 05:12:42 am »
Over four planets away from a friendly or neutral planet will cause deepstrike.  The only thing that WON'T cause deepstrike are scouts.  Also, it's a threat build, not a counterstrike.  So, you end up with free-floating threat, the more the longer you're there.
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Offline keith.lamothe

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Re: When do deep strikes counterattacks occur?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2012, 08:48:02 am »
Yea, it spawns ships piecemeal on an AI Homeworld (iirc) and they just go straight into free (threat) mode.
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Re: When do deep strikes counterattacks occur?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2012, 12:20:24 pm »
Distance is measured from closest non-enemy system, not from closet players system.  So just clearing an enemy Command Station is enough to give you a longer reach.
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