Originally posted by Flubber
Lets put it this way . . . If I were fighting you,I would LOVE to see all those clean units coming at me. Even if I lose a unit for every one I kill, I still win the battle of the minerals. Assumign similar industrial capacities, you lose . . . PERIOD.
Lets put it this way . . . If I were fighting you,I would LOVE to see all those clean units coming at me. Even if I lose a unit for every one I kill, I still win the battle of the minerals. Assumign similar industrial capacities, you lose . . . PERIOD.
While you most likely are much better than me at SMAC, if you attacked me first (assuming you did not use missiles or PBs), you would exhaust more resources attacking me than I would defending against you...the same would go for almost any war, with almost any decent players...the defender has the advantage in wars...
On the other hand, in small battles between individual units, the attacker usually has the advantage, unless attacking a base...
Let's make a scenario...let's say I have 3 4-1-2 units in my base, and a 1-3-1 garrison...all units have clean reactors...
You have 5 8-1-2 speeders, and you decide to attack my base...there's just one problem, you can't get within range of my base without getting attacked first...so say that all your units are elite, and are three squares from my base (and therefore could theoretically attack my base next turn)...assuming I'm not sleeping that day, and I have a road in every square (like I always do), then I use my 3 speeders to attack 3 of your speeders...obviously, with 4-1 odds, I'd most likely win each battle, and each speeder would most likely not be damaged below 50%, and therefore, would have 1/3 of a movement point left...if each of these speeders used that movement point to attempt to form a ZOC, I could guarentee that altleast one of your speeders could not attack my base the next turn...if you attack my base with the other speeder, you wipe out the garrison, but you won't be able to take the base...if you attack two of my speeders in the field, I use the third one to wipe out one of your 2 remaining speeders, and then return it to base...I now have 2 units, and you only have 1...
In any case, I would only loose 2 units, and you'd lose atleast 4, possibly 5 if you decided to attack in the first place...I'm sorry, but the cost of adding clean reactor to 4 units is not the same cost of 4 8-1-2 units...
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