BoShek

... either, you mean ?

Whoa, priceless advice from a real master ! I´m not worthy ! No, seriously, thank you ! I can´t wait to try these hints in a game.

BTW: 114 posts? Gee, what does a guy have to do to make captain on this forum ?

@ R2-Opus2 (still *such* a cool name. -Princess Pistaccio-): I don´t use Rebed so 48 shipyards are *not* an option. I´m generally happy to cling on to a couple of good planets. The opportunities for space combat sound really cool though.

Woohoo, that´s what I call I critcal hit ! (Probably hit the bridge while the shields were down and the emergency bridge unmanned so the SSD spun out of control and slammed in a moon ... It *happens* you know.) That´s probably the saddest story I´ve ever heard, NOT. "Oops where did my flagship go ?"

Again I have to admit that so far I´ve managed to lose every game I´ve played (to the end) before I got anywhere near a Liberator. Although I daresay that I had very good opponents.

Thanks people. It seems I´ll be going to order a lot more fighters and carriers. But don´t let that stop you from bringing on the hints !

Thank you all and keep it coming. To the_mask: Thanks for the link. It´s cool. Although really that was more of a rhethorical question meaning you never get to build the really big ships in multiplayer (well, I don´t anyway).

Easy, you simply should´ve built 6 Bulwarks and 15 CCs to defend Yavin. No, seriously your copy of the game must really hate you. That´s what you get for constantly humiliating the AI.

Hmm, I thought I had left no doubt about that.

But still the first politicians can be heard advocating a constitutional amendment to change just that ... On a personal note I think that would be logical. Why should the presidency be restricted to people born in the US if the entire Union was created by immigrants ? Question is: can we really imagine a Pres. Schwarzenegger ? But then : We got used to a President Reagan didn´t we ? (Though not to GWB, never that ...)

Thanks for your contribution. I´m not sure that concentrating on a single core sector is enough against a good opponent. I forgot to mention that the aforementioned game is multiplayer. I feel the rim usually doesn´t offer enough resources to make up for abandoning most of the core systems to the Empire. Also I figure if the Imps can sabotage 1 of 2 gencores they can also do 2 so there´s not much point in building 3. What do you think ? On a side note: What are Bulwark Cruisers ? I never got to build them yet. Games against the AI are usually won before I get there and in multiplayer I´m happy if I ever manage to build mon cals. Not to mention 30 (!) Bulwarks ...

Ha ! I bet you did that against the feckless AI. Probably had the setting on "easy" too. I dare you to try this against my Rebels in a multiplayer session.

Great, but what kind of ship should I build? From what I´ve heard, the Neb-B is great value for the cost. Besides, I usually don´t have much choice of ships before the Imps put me out of comission. Fighters are neat but: - they die fast compared to cap ships - need a transport to get to the enemy - can´t stand up to a sizeable invasion fleet even in large numbers. Therefore I´m currently trying to put my production in cap ships. Of course I try to keep the Neb-Bs stacked with fighters, but when losses occur they have to go it alone. In one of my recent games I tried to protect my planets with fighters (usually 6 squadrons each). When my opponent attacked with a large invasion fleet including numerous lancers or carracks, the fighters died quickly without doing any damage.

Where on earth do voters get the notion that it´s a good idea to elect an actor to do a politicians job ? It seems fame and connections are everything in american politics. As the saying goes: Every people has the government they deserve (ours explicitely NOT excluded). Anyone remember the "Schwarzenegger Presidential Library" joke in Demolition Man? Somehow this never struck me as especially unrealistic...