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- Subject: Re: StarControl2: pesky Slyla
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:41:24 GMT
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- In article <17114.101.uupcb@gate.micromed.com> johann.joseph@gate.micromed.com (Johann Joseph) writes:
- >The best ship I found early in the game is to use the Spathi ship. I
- >built 4 of these early into the game because they are also great against
- >the Ur-Quan ships. The way you fight the probes with these ships is you
- >fly head on to the probes then before they can reach you turn the ship
- >270 degrees to the left or right while firing oyour rear missiles. What
- >happens is when you turn away approx 180 degrees the probe starts to fly
- >away but when you turn the extra 90 degrees it will start to follow you
- >again and run into the missiles most of the time.
- >This tactic is also effective against the Thraddash (sp?)
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-
- Thanks Johann! I tried this with some limited success - I guess I need
- a little more of the old eye-hand coordination and I'll have it! One thing
- that I realized after posting was that I could use Melee and make two
- teams. One team is all probes and the other is a variety of ships, and
- then I let the computer play both sides and observe the strategy used.
- Of course for most of it my eye-hand coord is nowhere near good enough!
-
- One question - I didn't realize I could build more Spathi ships. I got the
- one from Pluto, but when I go to "shipyard" only the Earth-cruiser (and
- now the Orz Nemesis) are shown as options. How do I build more Spathi
- ships? If the answer is that I need to do more work, then don't give it
- away - I paid good money for the game and I want to get my money's worth!
-
- Thanks again Johann - happy hunting!
-
- Marc Fairorth
- marc@wizards.austin.ibm.com
-