monsoon/intrepid opening

posted on May 5th, 2010, 8:34 am

so you are trying to win the game before your opponent builds a second expansion. Actually this is what catty did to me earlier. 

not so much win, as transition to warpin without dieing
catty? hmm. i wonder from where he got that idea.

posted on May 5th, 2010, 12:36 pm

Oh that catty, hes a sneaky one

[Dircome]

posted on May 5th, 2010, 4:24 pm

Last edited by Dircome on May 5th, 2010, 4:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

hmmm catty = tom, ill have to write that down.
One other thing is what really crippled me is the way that the starbase doesnt protect the moons on that map

posted on May 5th, 2010, 4:40 pm

hmmm catty = tom, ill have to write that down.
One other thing is what really crippled me is the way that the starbase doesnt protect the moons on that map

catty != tom. i dont even know the guy. whos catty?

imo starbases should be defenseless, weapons only after upgrade.

posted on May 6th, 2010, 1:57 am

ok, so the problem with this is that it doesn't work against AI.  YOu have to waite until you have about 4 monsoons to attack, because 2 get slaughteres and do almost no damage(you might take out 1 miner before they die)

posted on May 6th, 2010, 5:42 am

the problem is I never had AI in mind but I still beat merciless AI with it. if ur monsoons get slaughteres u r doing something wrong

posted on May 6th, 2010, 6:40 am

In the early game, all you have to do is mount a couple raids to get your monsoons some levels.  run away the moment any of your monsoons hit 50% shields and you'll be fine.  If you can get one of them to Veteran, that one is pretty close to unkillable until late game, barring a massive fleet.

[Anonymous]

posted on May 8th, 2010, 1:29 am

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Ok, first of all, you were right it DOES work against the AI.

Second of all THANK YOU soo much Tom!!! :angel:  Though I was able to win against the Merc AI before this patch, I have finally found a strategy that I can follow and one that actually works.  As long as you don't mess up the beginning and just keep moving forward with more ships you can win pretty easily.  I had an excess of 4000 Tri left over, but I don't think I ever ran out of Dilithium. 

Strat Works Perfectly!

posted on May 10th, 2010, 11:16 am

you're welcome.
this strat needs a little fine tunning and more middle and end game details. a few things i have in mind that can work better. some VERY important stuff to keep in mind when using it:

• u should get ur monsoons in pairs. both yards should finish b4 research of 1st chassis ends and u should have enough to buy 6 monsoons without delays
• every monsoon lost means your starfleet command will be delayd
• the timing of starfleet command is the most difficult thing in this strat. be sure enemy does not have enough ships to kill you b4 u get free ships. sometimes its better to get 8 or 10 monsoons b4 starfleet command

i dont have much time but ill try to get some vids b4 the end of May or something like that.