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| Dark Hiigaran |
Chief Marshal
Joined: July 07, 2007
Posts: 425
From: Slovenia (Europe)
|  Posted: 2011-04-02 15:50
scraping a planet before being captured is just stupid.
Only ships with build drones should have a 'scrap' option .. nuff siad
[ This Message was edited by: | Dark Hiigaran | on 2011-04-02 15:52 ]
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JBud
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Joined: February 26, 2008
Posts: 1900
From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2011-04-02 15:56
It is a strategy...
Also, when you have people build stuff, they need to be engineers or construction workers, You don't need much experience to destroy stuff.
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xTx
Chief Marshal
Joined: September 10, 2005
Posts: 101
From: Canada
| Posted: 2011-04-02 15:56
ships have to be in orbit to build they should also have to be in orbit to scrap
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Sens [R33]
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| Posted: 2011-04-02 16:05
Denying planets is a perfectly viable strategy. In fact, you can just use the troops remaining on the planet to enforce a scorched earth policy... That being said, if you're depending on captured planets to resupply and repair, then you're fleet simply lacks support elements.
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| Dark Hiigaran |
Chief Marshal
Joined: July 07, 2007
Posts: 425
From: Slovenia (Europe)
| Posted: 2011-04-02 16:23
i know its a tactic. a very good tactic actuall but scraping any planet from anywhere ? ships in orbit or engineer should only be able to do that
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Phellan
Grand Admiral
Joined: February 27, 2007
Posts: 220
From: Red Light District
| Posted: 2011-04-02 16:28
Agreed, range should be a factor at least, if not requiring build drones as well. Or perhaps a rank/badge requirement, so newbies or sabotage accounts cant show up and destroy stuff.
Though of course setting the troops to raze the buildings makes sense too.
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Alex Heartnet (Rebellious Rogue)
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Joined: November 22, 2009
Posts: 17
| Posted: 2011-04-02 16:30
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On 2011-04-02 16:05, Sens [R33] wrote:
That being said, if you're depending on captured planets to resupply and repair, then you're fleet simply lacks support elements.
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Or it means your fleet is too far from a shipyard for replacement support elements to reach them. Supply ships and supply plats are easily destroyed, while support stations lack mobility and can be sitting ducks. But a captured planet will likely remain that way until the entire expeditionary fleet is routed.
Having the planet scrapped before capture can cause all kinds of problems for such expeditionary fleets, though.
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Koba
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Joined: April 20, 2010
Posts: 309
From: United States of America
| Posted: 2011-04-02 17:13
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On 2011-04-02 15:50, | Dark Hiigaran | wrote:
scraping a planet before being captured is just stupid.
Only ships with build drones should have a 'scrap' option .. nuff siad
[ This Message was edited by: | Dark Hiigaran | on 2011-04-02 15:52 ]
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your just pissy you have to bulid a planet back up once you get it and you sujestion just got wiped and thrown in the trash next to f's toilet
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Talien
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Joined: May 11, 2010
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From: Michigan
| Posted: 2011-04-02 17:26
It's fine as it is, whoever's scrapping it is sacrificing build pres to do it so it's an even exchange.
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JBud
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Joined: February 26, 2008
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From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2011-04-02 17:53
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On 2011-04-02 15:56, xTx wrote:
ships have to be in orbit to build they should also have to be in orbit to scrap
[ This Message was edited by: xTx on 2011-04-02 15:59 ]
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I can at least agree with this.
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Borgie
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Joined: August 15, 2005
Posts: 2256
From: close by
| Posted: 2011-04-02 18:10
i disagree with you there, i feel scrapping a a planet to nothingness before it caps is a damn t tactic. it prevents your enemy from getting a strong hold in your system and slowing them down.
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Talien
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| Posted: 2011-04-02 20:21
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On 2011-04-02 18:10, Borgie (if its red its dead) wrote:
i disagree with you there, i feel scrapping a a planet to nothingness before it caps is a damn t tactic. it prevents your enemy from getting a strong hold in your system and slowing them down.
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Exactly. Scrap the SY, scrap the depots, make them work for it. You want a foothold? Build it yourself.
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Krim {C?}
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Joined: June 24, 2002
Posts: 362
From: Boston MA
| Posted: 2011-04-02 20:25
In the real world it's a scortched earth tactic. At first glance it may seem cowardly. But if you're severly outnumbered it makes sense from a tactical perspective. But just as it slows your enemy down, it also slows you down. If you manage to cap it back you're just going to have to rebuild it yourself also.
I think that the pres loss, plus the fact that if you want your system back your faction is going to need to rebuild it anyway, I think it definatly is a viable tactic.
With that said however, i'd imagine that it would take "remote detonation" or some kind of self-destruct system to do it remotely... Then again, the planet's population could do it because they're there, it would only take some kind of remote communication to order the self-destruction... so... within the confines of "reality" there's nothing to make range a requirement, or build drones.
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SpaceAdmiral
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Joined: May 05, 2010
Posts: 1005
| Posted: 2011-04-02 22:57
Ehhh I know it's a tactic, but in the real world can I scrap something in China from my couch in the USA?
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tucker32
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Joined: February 16, 2009
Posts: 141
From: deep jungle of vargo
| Posted: 2011-04-03 02:27
yes if ur the president all u have to do is press the red button
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