Should I be practicing this game or Sins? Or something else?
Cake and I played both games last time we got to multi.
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Planetary Annihilation
And we won both games.Troy wrote:Cake and I played both games last time we got to multi.Should I be practicing this game or Sins? Or something else?
Gordon, Troy and I killed him before he could leave the planet. I knew he could. Just didn't know he did. I was surprised at the extent at which he colonized the other planets though. But then, it was our first game and were taking forever doing things while we figured out the game. I was concentrating more on seeing the units, what they did, etc, than winning the game. Troy and I went right for the kill and got it pretty easily.
Leisher, that's why I had said that all of our multi would be against AI because of our greatly varying skill levels. Gordon is mastering PA, Troy and I are playing PA and Sins. You, Stranger and I add Payday into the mix (and now Gordon). So, since we aren't married to one game, and practicing it, I think AI battles are the way to go. They are still fun without some of us being dominated by the other people who master one over the other. So, my answer to your question would be LEARN both of them, master whichever one you like better, if you want. Or, just keep learning both and playing multi against the AI.
Still an issue with the A.I. and water/island maps.
The regular A.I. filled up his island with t1 tanks, and got pummeled by my battleships when he didn't build any naval/air forces.
But then sometimes it seems like they go all air instead. Maybe it's a variable A.I. thing?
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The regular A.I. filled up his island with t1 tanks, and got pummeled by my battleships when he didn't build any naval/air forces.
But then sometimes it seems like they go all air instead. Maybe it's a variable A.I. thing?
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Somewhere over the last year they improved a LOT about this game.
Still has a TA feel to it, but far more epic as you fight on entire planets and in solar systems in a single battle.
If you own it, load it up and give it a run through. It's probably our RTS of choice for multi. We had three on playing tonight, and it was much fun.
Still has a TA feel to it, but far more epic as you fight on entire planets and in solar systems in a single battle.
If you own it, load it up and give it a run through. It's probably our RTS of choice for multi. We had three on playing tonight, and it was much fun.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Planetary Annihilation Titans
Apparently, this really improves the game in a big way.
It seems to be a standalone, but...
It shows up for me in Steam at 66% off, but says this sale is only good today? I'll probably grab it just because the original was so disappointing, and just in case we end up using it in multi.
Apparently, this really improves the game in a big way.
It seems to be a standalone, but...
Titans is absolutely free to everyone who backed the original Kickstarter, and people who already own Planetary Annihilation will be able to buy Titans at a substantial discount.
It shows up for me in Steam at 66% off, but says this sale is only good today? I'll probably grab it just because the original was so disappointing, and just in case we end up using it in multi.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Won against the AI tonight - it was an hour long game but my (space) battleship production was crucial and let me get footholds on all three planets. Teleporters are easy to build and super useful now - I had the same army kill two commanders in maybe 10 minutes on two diff planets.
There are so many units that it's a bit daunting at first as far as what units to go with - I mostly tried building a few of each and hoped for the best.
This game is super rad - we need to multi it again.
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There are so many units that it's a bit daunting at first as far as what units to go with - I mostly tried building a few of each and hoped for the best.
This game is super rad - we need to multi it again.
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Here's the beachhead on the last AI's planet. At this point I had a fleet and laser and rail platforms. I brought an orbital fabber in and built a teleporter.
Then I beamed my army in from my other planets in waves and went after his Commander who was in the middle of the white explosion. There is a cool feature now that you can patrol in circles by right clicking and dragging - it makes macro much easier. I pointed the waves at his commander and the superior vision from the orbital cover did the rest.
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First Titans patch was a welcome AI overhaul. My days of stomping the hard AI are gone. Until i figure out how to counter the new builds and unit makeups.
My fav game type is 4 player FFA with 3 planets. You have to kill the commander on your planet and then go after the winner on the other. Or chase after a tech heavy orbital AI before he grabs the third planet all to himself.
The notification and auto zoom feature is pretty rad for multi tasking now that i am used to it.
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My fav game type is 4 player FFA with 3 planets. You have to kill the commander on your planet and then go after the winner on the other. Or chase after a tech heavy orbital AI before he grabs the third planet all to himself.
The notification and auto zoom feature is pretty rad for multi tasking now that i am used to it.
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Currently $1 on bundlestars.com.
Worth picking up just in case we ever multi it.
Worth picking up just in case we ever multi it.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Had a blast in a single player game last night - 5 hard AIs + ME FFA on 4 planets.
Only for some reason half the AIs spawned on the same planet as me.
So it's a drawn out slug fest from the start. One CPU down by rushing laser towers near our resource spots, another by the navy, and another with a final push of some T2 stuff.
Then the fast teching 4th AI starts nuking me. First one brings me down to 1/5 health and a ruined main base. Second one got me while I was still building anti-nukes. Fucker.
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Only for some reason half the AIs spawned on the same planet as me.
So it's a drawn out slug fest from the start. One CPU down by rushing laser towers near our resource spots, another by the navy, and another with a final push of some T2 stuff.
Then the fast teching 4th AI starts nuking me. First one brings me down to 1/5 health and a ruined main base. Second one got me while I was still building anti-nukes. Fucker.
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Tried the "1v1 ranked" multiplayer matchmaker thing yesterday. It pairs you with another person and generates a a single planet to fight on. I am 1-1 in my first two games.
Really fun games - first guy overwhelmed me in bots and rolled in with T2 land, second one just kept hanging on until I made a mobile nuke and rolled it into his commander. The matchmaker paired me with my opponents fast and both games were around 20 minutes.
I've decided this game owns ya'll.
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Really fun games - first guy overwhelmed me in bots and rolled in with T2 land, second one just kept hanging on until I made a mobile nuke and rolled it into his commander. The matchmaker paired me with my opponents fast and both games were around 20 minutes.
I've decided this game owns ya'll.
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