Possible slight modification to Borg Optimzie Sphere build.
posted on January 11th, 2010, 12:53 am
I've played around with all the races, got a feel for the new features, and love it. Cost hikes always make me sad, 
but that is completely overshadowed by how amazingly cool this mod is. 
Anyway, like the title says, I've been seeing how the old strats pan out. People were worried that the borg's increased cost would really hurt them, but so far it hasn't against the AI. I haven't tested Assimilate, but Optimize hasn't really changed too much.
I tried it the old way, but the increased need for tritanium on resistance is futile didn't sit well with me. So here is what I've liked so far. The strategy changes in that now your first miner goes after the dilithium moon, instead of tritanium. Once the conduction matrix is built, buy the first two connections upgrades as you get the resources. It will seem like it takes longer to get to 50 CC, but it really doesn't. I began building the first sphere 6 minutes in, and it was built 1 minute later.
So it takes about 30 seconds longer than usual it would seem. I'll have to test this in mulitiplayer to see how this pans out and report back. The real boon is that the second sphere begins being built just under the 10 minute mark, and you'll have it at 11 minutes. Then you have enough money to buy about 2 detectors, or 1 probe, and then a diamond. After that spheres, and supply stations, etc.
What was crazy about this build was that at no time did I ever feel low on CCs, and I never felt the need to use resistance is futile, or go farther with more CC tech upgrades. I'm off to go test some of this for real instead of against the computer. Hopefully I'll have good news.
but that is completely overshadowed by how amazingly cool this mod is. Anyway, like the title says, I've been seeing how the old strats pan out. People were worried that the borg's increased cost would really hurt them, but so far it hasn't against the AI. I haven't tested Assimilate, but Optimize hasn't really changed too much.
I tried it the old way, but the increased need for tritanium on resistance is futile didn't sit well with me. So here is what I've liked so far. The strategy changes in that now your first miner goes after the dilithium moon, instead of tritanium. Once the conduction matrix is built, buy the first two connections upgrades as you get the resources. It will seem like it takes longer to get to 50 CC, but it really doesn't. I began building the first sphere 6 minutes in, and it was built 1 minute later.
So it takes about 30 seconds longer than usual it would seem. I'll have to test this in mulitiplayer to see how this pans out and report back. The real boon is that the second sphere begins being built just under the 10 minute mark, and you'll have it at 11 minutes. Then you have enough money to buy about 2 detectors, or 1 probe, and then a diamond. After that spheres, and supply stations, etc.
What was crazy about this build was that at no time did I ever feel low on CCs, and I never felt the need to use resistance is futile, or go farther with more CC tech upgrades. I'm off to go test some of this for real instead of against the computer. Hopefully I'll have good news.
posted on January 11th, 2010, 5:49 am
BOOOOOOOO!!
Use small vessel you tit!
Just wanted to call you a tit.
Use small vessel you tit!
Just wanted to call you a tit.
posted on January 11th, 2010, 6:27 am
Well tit back at you. 
Yeah, spheres get hit hard by susas in multiplayer. Forget everything from my first post.
Yeah, spheres get hit hard by susas in multiplayer. Forget everything from my first post.
posted on January 11th, 2010, 7:54 am
Well... if your a tit and he's a tit... does that mean we've got titties? 
posted on January 11th, 2010, 1:33 pm
Real big ones
posted on February 14th, 2010, 11:33 am
Tit for tat.
posted on February 14th, 2010, 3:03 pm
Wouldn't that be tit for cat ? 
posted on February 14th, 2010, 6:14 pm
Dominus_Noctis wrote:Wouldn't that be tit for cat ?
Boooo ...
posted on February 14th, 2010, 8:33 pm
You guys are aweful. 
posted on February 14th, 2010, 11:44 pm
Mal, we are indeed aweful. Your spelling however - that's awful ... or maybe it's amaizeing 
. I think this thread is growing on me 
posted on March 10th, 2010, 2:34 pm
posted on March 10th, 2010, 3:05 pm
posted on March 10th, 2010, 3:10 pm
Yeah, thanks for bringing up this old post again! 
posted on March 10th, 2010, 6:08 pm
I really should look at the dates of topics I haven't read. I just assumed because it's not very far down the page and had a new next to it, it wasn't so old. I was wrong. I guess when I lose internet for a week these things happen. 
posted on March 10th, 2010, 6:14 pm
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