Singularity Station and romulan defenses

posted on September 9th, 2010, 7:48 pm

ok,but then you opinion that these turrets are ok  dont have that much bigger value than my opinion

everyone is entitled to their own equally valued opinion. i was saying mine disagrees with yours, not that it's more important than yours.

i have used these turrets ocassionaly, and they are in my opinion a good turret system if u use them for what they are designed for. if u use them for the same purposes as dominion perimeter u will fail as they are different. they also cant win on their own, no turret system in fleetops is designed to replace a fleet. just to delay enemy til fleet arrives.

posted on September 9th, 2010, 7:59 pm

This is what I think of this thread:

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posted on September 9th, 2010, 8:04 pm

I can not believe I just watched that whole thing...*facepalm*

posted on September 9th, 2010, 8:08 pm

those mario clips were from the awesome all stars for snes. i loved that game

posted on September 9th, 2010, 8:08 pm

Guys, while I agree that the Romulan defensive system could stand to be a little more easily deployable, all nonsense you guys are spouting is really becoming crude and offensive.

 Just relax and consider that MAYBE you haven't figured out a way to make it work yet.

posted on September 9th, 2010, 8:24 pm

Guys, while I agree that the Romulan defensive system could stand to be a little more easily deployable, all nonsense you guys are spouting is really becoming crude and offensive.

 Just relax and consider that MAYBE you haven't figured out a way to make it work yet.

cmon,share the secret technique with us

posted on September 9th, 2010, 9:18 pm

But Vegetta, I want to meet the strong guy!!!

posted on September 9th, 2010, 9:24 pm

But Vegetta, I want to meet the strong guy!!!

Tricks are for kids!

posted on September 9th, 2010, 10:45 pm

I don't use many turrets as they aren't really a part of my strategy, but from what I can tell they are really unique and nice 

posted on September 9th, 2010, 10:50 pm

But Vegetta, I want to meet the strong guy!!!

The what-now, Vegeta?

  The Dragon-ba...... nevermind ....




  @Dob - there is no secret.  You are clearly wanting to use them like Fed Turrets and they just aren't that way.  Put 1 of them up at an expansion and it will distract enemy fire as well as be a good early repellent.  Once you've got your expansion better established with another yard and a mining or something you can always build a second turret and a transmitter.  Use the transmitter as a refueling station of sorts for ships like your Rhienns or Leahvals/Griffins to regen special energy after repairing at the yard.

  Romulans were not made to play like the Feds.  The turret just got a great stat boost and that's to help it provide cover in the early stages of the game.  A single turret will do just that:  and cheaply.  Once it's out of energy you can always build the transmitter or a few more turrets.  They are cheap and fast to build.  Don't build them against Borg

[Tyler]

posted on September 9th, 2010, 10:52 pm

Last edited by Tyler on September 9th, 2010, 10:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Don't build them against Borg

I killed an Assimilator with about 4 of them, including an artillery one (eventually).

Not that I recommend trying it...

posted on September 9th, 2010, 11:58 pm

Who have you been playing against?  Even with a K'tinga (or other) rush against the poorest player would still take more than 5 minutes to get to his mining, destroy it, and receive a "gg".  And that really would be against the worst player in the world.

Notably, it's still the goal.  I very much prefer a longer, more strategic playthrough, rather than a 'smash fast, smash now!' rush-based game.  Part of my love for FFA games.  Rush strats break down, and total commitment of all your forces becomes suicide.  Of course, I also like private messages to be off for FFA games so that alliance brokering doesn't happen. (in theory...VOIP tends to ruin that).

posted on September 10th, 2010, 3:00 am

The what-now, Vegeta?

  The Dragon-ba...... nevermind ....




   @Dob - there is no secret.  You are clearly wanting to use them like Fed Turrets and they just aren't that way.  Put 1 of them up at an expansion and it will distract enemy fire as well as be a good early repellent.  Once you've got your expansion better established with another yard and a mining or something you can always build a second turret and a transmitter.  Use the transmitter as a refueling station of sorts for ships like your Rhienns or Leahvals/Griffins to regen special energy after repairing at the yard.

   Romulans were not made to play like the Feds.  The turret just got a great stat boost and that's to help it provide cover in the early stages of the game.  A single turret will do just that:  and cheaply.  Once it's out of energy you can always build the transmitter or a few more turrets.  They are cheap and fast to build.  Don't build them against Borg

I played as Feds only one in my life,my least favorite race.Romulans turret should not be the same but should offer kinda similliar for power for the money

posted on September 10th, 2010, 4:18 am

Well, personally i think its great how all the different races turrets are different is special ways.  I don't mind having to build the battery, and indeed it is great to have one around even without turrets to give your specials a recharge.

I wouldn't complain if the turret was a touch more powerful, but happy with it as it is.  Romulans are not meant to be a static defensive race, they are raiders and turrets should never be a major part of their strategy.

posted on September 10th, 2010, 5:05 am

Lol I got an idea...

How about the romulan turret gets a special that makes it decommission for full resources?

So if you want to use them without a singularity transmitter, you just build one, then when it's out of shots you decom it and build it again!

On a more serious note, that would be pretty epic.  The absolute worst case scenario is, you wall off your base with them in the beginning, then decom them all and build a fleet to attack your enemy...which isn't really romulan style...

Blast.  Oh well, it's fun to imagine...

Maybe they could get a second turret that decoms for full resources, has limited shots, and DOESN'T get recharged by a singularity transmitter.  Maybe it's a particle weapon and you have to BUY extra ammo.

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