Recent content by Ogie Oglethorpe

Actually truth be told aside from a sequel or re-release of SMAX the best thing that could have happened to SMAC(X) was release of CIV3. Ardent fans of SMAC were dissappointed in CIV3 and went back in droves to play SMAC. Still SMAC'ing. I'll wait to see if PTW is worth anything before I...

SMAC2, Not bloody likely 'cording/paraphrasing Sid's earlier quotes. I wholehearted think he is completely in the wrong on this. Seems Sid is convinced SMAC was too complex that coupled with the SciFi genre means it wasn't/won't be a big seller. And since SMAC didn't have the sales of the CIV...

Smac = Gameplay, intricacies, strategy, diplomacy, more governments, more units (customizable), more faction personality, immersability, OTOH complex so learning curve is high. (back when released there was so much forum activity around SMAC that learning the game was fairly easy. Now adays...

Locusts often find a use in capturing sea bases in a chop and drop alternative as well.

Ships attacking land units resolve combat as arty bombardment. On the on hand arty combat doesn't do a lot of damage to a single unit there are pros to its (and naval bomabardment) usage. An arty attack attacks every single unit in a stack. Doing so means that you potentially injure every...

Certainly. All you need is the requisite tech in order to do so. Worms, Isle Of Deep, Locusts and in SMAX Fungal Shooters & Sea Lurks all are manufacturable they simply need the appropriate tech to be discovered. They are pricey tho' in comparison to conventional units and...

No insult intended to your protege DannyE, but it makes one wonder if Firaxis designed the game with 8 year olds in mind. ;)

What Lefty is presupposing is this. Base cost of 250-1100 can instead be used to build many many replacement noodles and/or choppers. Air units are disposable. Once that is understood then expensive extras like best armor, clean, etc. look unnattractive in comparision to simply making many...

Q1) Water bases? A1) Sea bases are great in order to provide a stop over for an invasion force a base for air forces etc. Aside from military resaons sea bases are among the best for energy production. While hampered in terms of mins a sea base is a great raw energy producer if t-formed using...

Interesting, the same scenario unfolds assuming the secret orders were not found in a cigar wrapping papers that lead to the battle of Antietem according to Harry Turtledove. Had the orders not been intercepted, Turtledove proposes that Lee and Jackson would have been able to outflank and...

'Poly seems to go down more than Monica Lewinski ;)

SMAC light years in front of CIV3. (OK only about 1.6 light years but still) SMAC is a game for those interested in a complex yet rich gaming experience CIV3 is a game IMHO done to rope in a new generation of players. Agressive AI but not so complex. For long term replayability SMAC by...

ChrTh, Congrats!!!! :) The first win is always a sweet one. As to your question about the number of sattelites. Yes you can produce as many as you want. They only contribute as follows tho: For each base w/o an aerospace facility each sat yields 1 Factor of Production per every 2...

Your pretty far along in the game and have only 6 bases to show for it. Further they are still at or near the pop levels before a hab complex is needed. Looks like you've missed a pop boom. Uusually pop booms happen at least twice per game. The first one brings all your bases up to hab...

Sorry to pick on you again Suk, But..... I have to disagree again with this comment. If you qualify Morgan shold not use FM in the midgame and later I tend to agree. But... In order to expedite a beeline to Industrial Auto assuming you play with directed research. FM is a god send. Read my...