Do you have any advice on nuke use and countering in multiplayer games? We are in the middle of a modern war with my friend and since nukes are involved for the first time, we are looking for strategies and tactics involving them.
Right now I have nukes and he does not. We are situated on different continents. His production is larger than mine and conventional forces 50-100% stronger than mine, however I have a stockpile of tactical nukes. SDI-s are up. So far what we have discovered for ourselves:
Attack
- Use tactical nukes mostly as they have a significantly better chance of getting past SDI than ICBM-s
- Use nukes for defence, taking down enemy attacking stacks (especially good at sea)
- Use nukes for attack to soften town before taking it without endangering siege weapons and air units
- Fallout takes significant time to clean up, so strategic bombing of tiles might be a good option but we do not know yet if it really pays off
Defense
- Build SDI
- Keep units in small stacks and at least 2 tiles apart (no two stacks in range of 1 nuke) so that the use of nukes would be expensive production wise for the attacker. A nuke costs about as much as a missile cruiser and has about a 66% chance of getting through. 1 nukes has only a low chance of killing a cruiser, so it should be safe to keep ships in 4-5 high stacks. It is important to have more ships around to protect said stack when it has been damaged with a nuke from attacks by conventional forces that try to finish them off.
- Keep airships in the air to spot those subs that try to sneak to your mainland with nukes
So my question would be
- Any more advice on nuclear war in a multiplayer game?
- Also - what would be your estimate... how much of a stronger 'conventional only' force does a player need to succeed against an opponent with nukes given about similar empire size and playing skill?
Thanks
Right now I have nukes and he does not. We are situated on different continents. His production is larger than mine and conventional forces 50-100% stronger than mine, however I have a stockpile of tactical nukes. SDI-s are up. So far what we have discovered for ourselves:
Attack
- Use tactical nukes mostly as they have a significantly better chance of getting past SDI than ICBM-s
- Use nukes for defence, taking down enemy attacking stacks (especially good at sea)
- Use nukes for attack to soften town before taking it without endangering siege weapons and air units
- Fallout takes significant time to clean up, so strategic bombing of tiles might be a good option but we do not know yet if it really pays off
Defense
- Build SDI
- Keep units in small stacks and at least 2 tiles apart (no two stacks in range of 1 nuke) so that the use of nukes would be expensive production wise for the attacker. A nuke costs about as much as a missile cruiser and has about a 66% chance of getting through. 1 nukes has only a low chance of killing a cruiser, so it should be safe to keep ships in 4-5 high stacks. It is important to have more ships around to protect said stack when it has been damaged with a nuke from attacks by conventional forces that try to finish them off.
- Keep airships in the air to spot those subs that try to sneak to your mainland with nukes
So my question would be
- Any more advice on nuclear war in a multiplayer game?
- Also - what would be your estimate... how much of a stronger 'conventional only' force does a player need to succeed against an opponent with nukes given about similar empire size and playing skill?
Thanks