Here's my predicament:
total stock game
5K sector, 1.5K turns
2 man corp, 15% regen.
LOTS of golds >>LOTS)

(it isnt mi fallt I cant spel... I went to publick schol)

in stock games, basically the ships you will use for the most part are:

red - corp flag/havoc, colonial transport
blue - iss

other miscellaneous ships for specific purposes include:

scout - 2:1 offensive odds makes this a tempting ship to do offline invasions and stardock kills on day one.

merchant freighter - trade your cruiser in on day one for this ship with 2 turns per warp, its the best trading ship you can afford in the beginning. later on, merchant freighters with 63 holds are the perfect "furb".

tkasi-orion - occasionally, this ship is a decent scouting ship.

cargotran - decent early red ship, but you should graduate to a colt fast.

taurean mule - decent early red ship, but you should graduate to a colt fast.

missile frigate - great photon ship. i dont recommend keeping photons on your iss too often. better to photon from the missile frigate and xport into your iss to do the work.

tholian sentinel - early corp planet protection, but if you rely on this ship later in the game, you will get caught with your pants down.

battleship - 1.6 odds makes this a great offline invasion ship when the planets aren't shielded yet.

interdictor cruiser - the premier invasion ship. its good to have an extra in tow when you head in.

absolutely worthless ships: merchant cruiser, constellation, and starmaster

regards,
the reverend
icq 83250263
the.reverend@coastgames.com
http://thereverend.coastgames.com/tradewars/

(i forgot about the constellation - added it - thanks)

Edited by - the reverend on March 26 2002 07:41:48 AM

quote:
absolutely worthless ships: merchant cruiser and starmaster


It's too bad that the StaMas was so horribly crippled when v2 was released. When it was first introduced to the game it was the best trading ship. In today's games, it would have the equivelant of 2.25 (rounded down to 2) turns per warp. Can't beat that fighter load and cargo capacity at 2 tpw.

Oh well, such is life.

(I just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in about the StaMas.)

Lisa M. Wilson
aka Rave
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telnet://uhndagrowhn.merseine.nu

Back in the day, I used to LOVE to Constellation, nw it shares the same fate as the starmaster...pity.
L8ter

*Proud Member of the Alliance*

Live Long And Prosper!

ok - i take it back. the constellation, starmaster, and merchant cruiser are good for something - good for faking out people into thinking you are a newbie or a cocky "oldschooler"... heh.

try this once - sit at dock in a loaded starmaster and start taunting people like you are an old-school player with something to prove. meanwhile, have your corpie cloaked at dock in a loaded idc. when people come in to shut you up and show you how the game has changed, macro-attack them multiple times while transferring figs off your corpie. grin. you might even earn some cash!

regards,
the reverend
icq 83250263
the.reverend@coastgames.com
http://thereverend.coastgames.com/tradewars/

Edited by - the reverend on March 26 2002 07:49:39 AM

LOL, thank's you guys, well I'm sitting in a COLT now and happily robbing away with my 1000 exp (HAHA, I'm SUCH a newbie) but my corpies and I have definitely taken all your advice to heart, thanks again.

try this once - sit at dock in a loaded starmaster and start taunting people like you are an old-school player with something to prove. meanwhile, have your corpie cloaked at dock in a loaded idc. when people come in to shut you up and show you how the game has changed, macro-attack them multiple times while transferring figs off your corpie. grin. you might even earn some cash!


Rev.. I love this it is hillarious. imagine the suprise of your opponent to the following macro hotkeyed to run 100 times

ANNY1000^mTFYF1000^mQ

Have a nice day and hope you like your pod

compleatly drain the interdictor and remain fedsafe with this 1


anny1^mtfyf1^mq

just press the hot key and hold it down lol

Zandramus



Riftwars.dnsalias.com
RiftwarsBBS.mine.nu port 23

heh.....this I have to try.

L8ter

*Proud Member of the Alliance*

Live Long And Prosper!