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Nice playing! Well done. You're using flak great. Remembe flak mauls your own fighters andmissiles going out too so be wary when counter-batterying fire. Also remember tooccasionally cycle your ships rather than group select just so you can make sure you're tkaing note of subsystem damage and repairing. That happens not just frmo hacking but from battle damage as well. So occasionally go throughthem - particularly when a ship is damaged, to check over it. Also if you have surviving Manticores as you saw loading them up with torpedos is viable. They get shredded quick but they get a big magazine of them andthey can maul anything badly if they can get a hit off. Don't use them on Nemesises - but a torpedo run from medium range can be rather painful.
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Sep 16, 2019 06:30
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Now I learn the perils of flak.
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Sep 17, 2019 04:09
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Bloody turn. Three Adamants, two Manticores dead. The cylons look like they're basically having an entire fleet at a time focusing fire on one ship when they exchange broadsides. Even when you have even points/forces, 5-6 ships focusing fire on one facing of a single ship adds up quick. Also the Adamants may be hitting the point in the game where they're nto as survivable. They don't have the damage output of heavier ships, and they take a beating under massed fire. But they're still the main 'destroyer' you have and that only puts your other options at Rangers and Artemis - both of which are big, costly ships.
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Sep 17, 2019 08:09
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I'm calling this acceptable losses.
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Sep 18, 2019 05:19
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Upside is you're winning and you can replace your losses! Also it looks like the vast majority of th eCylon fleets spawn in the.. Southeast system. So at the point the front line is stabilized you should be able to garrison and hold the area to thin out Toaster reinforcements.
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Sep 18, 2019 07:34
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Time to take on some human ships!
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Sep 20, 2019 04:58
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... That was one of the best played missions I have ever seen done in a LP of this game. you took on a triple Revenant fleet. Everyone survived. Well, other than your pilots. But EVERYONE SURVIVED.
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Sep 20, 2019 07:42
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Gah, so many stupid mistakes....
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Sep 21, 2019 05:38
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Sep 22, 2019 07:36
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Sep 23, 2019 04:52
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Nice work so far! you've survived.
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Sep 23, 2019 05:32
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Yeah, this is not a good series of turns.
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Sep 24, 2019 05:05
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... Technically I think it counts that as a.. Showcasing of how the game builds random AI fleets. Three Revans, at least two/three Arachnes, and at least 3-5 support ships including thsoe that dropped in at the alst minute.. Ow.
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wedgekree posted:... Technically I think it counts that as a.. Showcasing of how the game builds random AI fleets. Three Revans, at least two/three Arachnes, and at least 3-5 support ships including thsoe that dropped in at the alst minute.. Ow. yeah, the ramdom fleets are a pain in the arse. I don't think it builds them on points, just class, and the Arachnes are replacing the much weaker missile frigates, but they are so much more powerful its not even close - but the main screen will give you a lower estimate. I've not really got anything bar Artemus class to counter, and they take 4 turns to build. god help me when I get the larger battlestars. I'm not sure I'll have the points to feild them in the numbers I need. for now, I feel like the campaign missions are the easier, more level enounters, so I just need to survive to get to them. I'm at 8/10 for the campaign, so I'm a good way in!
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Sep 24, 2019 09:16
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Woo, spooky ominous portrait by someone who doesn't know anything about communication discipline....
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Sep 25, 2019 05:18
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Well playing in a hard bit so far. Various ways you can deal with missiles - PCM's (Projectile Countermeasures) which are supposed to take everything out. Fighters on 'Defend' - will defend ship they are assigned to and try to shoot down projectiles. Flak - intercepts good proprotion of missiles. Sweepers Deploying Chaff. Fighters can defend an area to intercept things being shot through there. Most missile interceptions require guessing where the salvos will come in and pre-position. Overlaps don't always work (Ie, flak will shred your own fighters). I presume that defensive craft (such as Sweepers) aren't useful as much in attacking. So it might be worth it to not launch sweepers or raptors immediately into the battle until you're ready to use them. Raptors can also be used offnesively - for boarding, defending, boosting networks, etc. I haven't used a lot of the extra projectiles/loadouts so I can't speak for how effective they are. Suggest also messing around in skirmish mode - you can probably test basic tactics there and see how they work and do more fleet combinations. Also, irony - Autoresolve might work better here! You have lower chance of losses in the estimate so it might actually go better for you.
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Sep 25, 2019 09:54
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STOP HITTING MEEEEEEEE!
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Sep 26, 2019 04:46
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Might it work to.. Autoresolve given that last fight had a 100% chance of victory? Also the AI working in your favor with how it figures who won random fights is WEIRD
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Sep 26, 2019 07:29
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More silly mistakes.
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Sep 27, 2019 05:02
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Right, I'm a bit behind and still trying to catch up on videos, but I wanted you to know that video #30 seems to be missing in the thread. It's on the channel, but the videos in the thread go directly from 29 to 31. ..Now back to catching up in the thread and in game.
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Sep 28, 2019 20:25
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You're doing better! Nice playing in the last vid
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Sep 29, 2019 04:36
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What? They used me!
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Sep 29, 2019 04:46
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Also you haven't updated most of your fleets to Viper Mk 2's! Get into the habit of cycling them again Also, if you use Rangers. Put them way, way to the back. No reason you can't just deploy them a full 'round' at movement away. They're intended as long range artillery. Don't have them be in missiel range and use other ships as spotters. So, obvious solution is now to 'buy' an officer each turn you have the RP's. Keep them in reserve so you don't run out. If one dies, just throw in another, spend RP's to promote them. wedgekree fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Sep 29, 2019 |
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Yay! A breather turn. The Quorum is mostly intact, your fleets are approaching line strength,and you have officers that you can call up as you need it. This is right when the Cylons will start spawning OH GOD WE'RE GONNA DIE on you now
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Oct 1, 2019 05:58
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in game audio is super low in this ep.
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Oct 2, 2019 05:06
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Not bad! A few missions without significat casualties and that have let you build up a reserve again.
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Oct 2, 2019 05:58
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I'm an idiot....
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Oct 3, 2019 04:36
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Slag has hit the intake vent. Messy few turns.
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You're doing fine iwth how much focused fire the Cylons can pump out, even with lots of little ships. You can still if they focus on one ship just set it to full defense to make it a little more survivable. And make sure you cycle through your ships to see if they have subsystem damage you can work on. And if you make new ships and need a rally point for them where they aren't vulnerable - the big gas giant in the southwest is supposed to be safe and has no Cylon attacks. Of course, that makes them nowhere near anywhere, and several jumps to get to an actual battlefield. But also means you don't have groups of 1-2 ships waiting to be picked off. But, also means they aren't going anywhere for at least 3-4 rounds and that's presuming you pay jump costs. And we finally get nukes! They can brutalize a ship on a direct hit - one hit killed most of a Revanche and can do the same to an Arachne. Issues - they are very slow, can't turn, and any form of PD will kill them. Also you only get one shot and no reloads. And even one hit on a Revanche only badly damaged it - it still required another couple of turns on bombardment. However, most of the Cylon forces have also appeared on the field, as well as most of your own for the Colonials. What the Cylons have left? Obvious. FOr you? The same.
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Oct 5, 2019 05:38
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It's a trap!
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Oct 6, 2019 04:58
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While we haven't seen the outcome that mission looked incredibly unfair!
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Now we've seen that thing which puts fear into the hearts of the Colonial fleet. The first deployed Cylon BaseStars. They move slower than Battlestars (Which is a scary concept). They outgun your equivalent Battlestar and have better armor and a nasty set of missiles. Their fighters are inferior and they can't hack (I think). Nukes are effective on them so long as there isn't jamming up. But, they take a good 2-3 nukes to kill, and given each ship can only carry one nuke,this hits diminishing returns. They have fire arcs EVERYWHERE. Not as nasty as the Revanches/Arachnes - so might suggest if possible picking those off first before focusing fire. Also they are very slow so if you run and dance you can separate them from thier escorts.
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Oct 7, 2019 03:30
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I survive. Somehow...
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Oct 7, 2019 05:14
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Congrats! A win! And.. Was the Adamant even worth repairing?
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Oct 7, 2019 06:20
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The story begins to progress quickly now....
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Losses are an unfortunate part of war. Mistakes are inevitable. You're making the Cylons struggle for each vacuum tube that Al Gore told us makes up the Interwebs..
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