Soviet rockets
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:35 pm
I did some "fast forward" analysis on Soviet rockets, to try to assess, under 1.0 version, which ones are winners and which ones are losers in order to win the game.
Important: this is on "hard" difficulty
Sputnik: Critical
this is the only choice that will allow you to safely reach the prestige goal (Sputnik 1 and 2). I tried Luna, but it didn't reach reliability of >80% so too much of a gamble
Luna: Not needed
Unless of course you want to be 100% sure you send the 1st probes to the moon. A waste of time, effort and money when it critically short. Just wait until you have Proton-KD to send those damn probes.
Molnya: Useless
A bigger version of Luna, I cannot find any use for it
Vostok: Critical
This is basically your only choice of reaching "First man on space" goal, which is of course very important for any Soviet game.
Voskhod: Not needed
Unless you want to do the 1st space walk, of course
Soyuz: Useless
Proton-KD is better in each and every sense. This is a shame!, how can the developers defined that the workhorse of the soviet space program, the most launched rocket on history is
Proton KD: Critical
In the current game, this is the "do it all" rocket; almost all; as it cannot go to the moon with a human payload. But it can do pretty much everything else.
This rocket invalidates the need of "non human capable" rockets, as there are very few interplanetary mission t
Proton K: Useless
Unless you have a strong interest on "heavy" interplanetary probes; even if you do, it will be cheaper to use a human capable heavy lifter
N-1: Critical
This is the ticket to the moon; can also be used for sending "heavy" probes
UR-700: Unknown
So far, I have always followed the N-1 path, so I have no idea on this
Important: this is on "hard" difficulty
Sputnik: Critical
this is the only choice that will allow you to safely reach the prestige goal (Sputnik 1 and 2). I tried Luna, but it didn't reach reliability of >80% so too much of a gamble
Luna: Not needed
Unless of course you want to be 100% sure you send the 1st probes to the moon. A waste of time, effort and money when it critically short. Just wait until you have Proton-KD to send those damn probes.
Molnya: Useless
A bigger version of Luna, I cannot find any use for it
Vostok: Critical
This is basically your only choice of reaching "First man on space" goal, which is of course very important for any Soviet game.
Voskhod: Not needed
Unless you want to do the 1st space walk, of course
Soyuz: Useless
Proton-KD is better in each and every sense. This is a shame!, how can the developers defined that the workhorse of the soviet space program, the most launched rocket on history is
Proton KD: Critical
In the current game, this is the "do it all" rocket; almost all; as it cannot go to the moon with a human payload. But it can do pretty much everything else.
This rocket invalidates the need of "non human capable" rockets, as there are very few interplanetary mission t
Proton K: Useless
Unless you have a strong interest on "heavy" interplanetary probes; even if you do, it will be cheaper to use a human capable heavy lifter
N-1: Critical
This is the ticket to the moon; can also be used for sending "heavy" probes
UR-700: Unknown
So far, I have always followed the N-1 path, so I have no idea on this