Something I never saw before

[Fishman]

ORIGINAL: shanicus

Really? That sounds bizarre! Unless you have an uber construction ship of some kind!

I really cannot fathom how you could have done that. Maybe some kind of bug?

World Destroyers have drive speeds in the single digits. My construction ship had only about 20 guns, but it had a speed of 30ish, so was easily able to stay ahead of the World Destroyer and pelt it into submission.

[shanicus]

Davor:

Yeah, I like that feature, too. It really does keep the game "fresh".

Fishman:

I didn't notice that it was so slow like that! Except 1 time when I accidently flew it into a "Special Zone" that disabled the sub-light drives. Man, that was a mistake!
Seems the AI really dropped the ball on you! Chasing your construction ship? Alone? And no support ships came to help? And, thought the chase was futile, the AI didn't give up? That is weak!

I have seen the AI retreat a lot from failed invasions, surprise attacks and sudden defeats. So, the whole idea that the AI would allow the greatest single weapon in the game to chase your Constructor seems rather lame. I just hope you got a good chuckle out of it!

[lostsm]

tzzzzzrt kabooooom! (world destroyer)

[Fishman]

ORIGINAL: shanicus

Seems the AI really dropped the ball on you! Chasing your construction ship? Alone? And no support ships came to help?

With the lame drive speed AI ships have, support would never have arrived in time. Plus, the AI isn't exactly something with a focussed battle plan.

ORIGINAL: shanicus

And, thought the chase was futile, the AI didn't give up? That is weak!

Giving up would be impossible. You can't flee from a ship that is faster than you and carries a warp interdictor. I don't like it when people run away from me while I am killing them. Plus, it doesn't cost a lot of space on a ship the size of a constructor, and you never know when it might come in handy...

ORIGINAL: shanicus

So, the whole idea that the AI would allow the greatest single weapon in the game to chase your Constructor seems rather lame. I just hope you got a good chuckle out of it!

Eh, it happens. Remember that incident with the thermal exhaust port?

[Elshar]

Also, I'd like to note that EVERYONE tends to get rather ticked off when you use the World Destroyer's special weapon. I actually ended up using it one time too many last night and my carefully tended to empire split in half amidst a civil war. Taking said World Destroyer with it. [X(]

[Fishman]

ORIGINAL: Elshar

Also, I'd like to note that EVERYONE tends to get rather ticked off when you use the World Destroyer's special weapon. I actually ended up using it one time too many last night and my carefully tended to empire split in half amidst a civil war. Taking said World Destroyer with it. [X(]

Heh, I figured something like that would happen, which is pretty much why such things tend to be useless in games. It's like the old MOO2 Stellar Converter, which is actually an implement of galactic terraforming, but you really have to twist the game's arm and dance in hoops to do what you REALLY want to do with it, which is "demolish uninhabited crap planets". It'd be interesting if you could use the World Destroyer as a mining tool, smashing open uninhabited planets to make it easier to get at their tasty innards.

[shanicus]

Fishman:

I have seen the planets reduced to asteroid fields so that just might be possible!

PS: A Warp Interdictor on your Constructor? Brilliant idea! And, that clearly explains why the PD didn't retreat. [:)]

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: Wade1000

[:D] It should be that most know what a World Destoyer does, even if they have not controlled one.

So um, WORLD DESTOYERS make a planet habitable for all races, right? [:'(] [;)]