Ogame - thread3.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Ha-ha 4am US CST. Good luck gents. I've found a few recent cows near me, and I'll be out all day today at a golf outing.

[germanos]

Originally posted by Tingkai
Are you building and launching fleets from colonies?

I do launch attacks from colonies.

Especially if somebody has been foolish enough to send probes to them

All research is done on my main planet, I don't build any research elase where.

Ships are produced on colonies. The big ships on my main, second tier on my second etc. (not very strict adherance to numbers, but you get the picture.)

I have set up a dou colony in one system, with one of them being an ice-ball producing Deut.

I prefer to set up colonies in systems with some inactives. That way I send in supplies once, then they can loot their way up by themselves.



I also found a new way to fleetsave:

While I'm gone I send huge fleets with lots of Cargo to attack mediocre undefended inactives. Most of the fleet consists of my own recources, but there is still room for the expected loot.

[Tingkai]

I'm starting to turn one colony into a major ship builder.

Got another colony 40 galaxies away from the main planet that's becoming a raiding base. Shipped out enough resources to build a small dome. Put a small raiding fleet there. Will build it biggerm once my defences are up.

Good thing about the raiding base is that I can planets in a short time. Rather than doing the long range raids that take time.

[Tingkai]

By the by, we should start a tips/guide page. We could list things like what a T beside a number means, or what the minutes means on the galaxy list.

[Cyclotron]

I'm wondering where to go from here:

My infrastructure consists of a lvl14 solar, lvl 11 metal and crystal, and a lvl 9 deut. I have a Large Laser and 4 Smalls, and my fleet is pitiful - 2 fighters, 1 large fighter, 2 small cargo ships, and a few probes. My research is doing pretty well, and I could conceivably have the tech for cruisers in 48 hours or so. Income is supplemented by plenty of raids on that inactive I was shown, who has mines not far below my own, but no defense.

Should I go for cruisers and put all resources into a fleet, or save up for a colony ship, or fortify more, or build more mines, or what? I'm at somewhat of a loss as to how best to focus my resources. Deut is not a problem right now, but a dearth of crystal and metal is proving to be a serious constraint to growth.

[germanos]

So far I have not invested in anything above level 14. I figure that it's best to start a colony then.

So, I would say, build a colony ship, and keep on building up fleet and tcehs. Especially the computer tech (=fleets) is an important one.

After cruisers the next upgrade is battleships, but they are a long haul. last HyperEngine tech is 80kM/160kC/48kD.

I invested first heavily in cruisers (the ships) to raid.
And Colonies. I now have 6.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Tingkai
By the by, we should start a tips/guide page. We could list things like what a T beside a number means, or what the minutes means on the galaxy list.

Tinkai, check this out: http://www.ogametips.com/

[Hueij]

I sent an alliance message to all about tomorrows campaign

[Atragon]

Long haul? I anticipate having them sometime tomorrow or the day after. (Cursed 7+ hour research times)

[Hueij]

I was saving up for HyperEngine 4 but I decided to build up my fleet (for tomorrow ) first while going for Computers 7. After Computers I'll go for Research Lab 8 to lessen research time. I don't want to wait 1 day, 6 hours for HyperEngine 4...

[Sparrowhawk]

I would be willing to participate in a raid on this alliance, but I have limited offensive capabilities (I have been raiding undefended inactives mostly).

As Spaced has said, the time you suggest to attack is at about 4 am here in North America, but I with travel time, I could send a fleet slowly at say midnight my time and as long as I wasn't first to arrive I could participate.

17 Small Cargo
6 Large Cargo
8 Light Fighter
2 Heavy Fighter

I could have cruisers by then though, I had not planned on building them as I have been raiding defenseless mostly but for the good of the alliance would be happy to add them in.

Give me a target and a time of arrival (hopefully with me arriving after the main attack force).

/me

[i]Edit: Here is one of the more annoying message I have seen, after my colony ship travelled 12 hours to it's destination, I should have known the location was too good to be true (all slots around were full).

10-29 16:27:54 Settlers Colonization Report
The fleet reaches new planet (0) 1:477:10,
unfortunately there is no planet at the expected coordinates. The unlucky settler are forced to return home.

It would have been my 3rd colony (and would have given me a planet/colony in each galaxy). In answer to someones question above I think that additional colonies are the way to go

[germanos]

1 1/4 day is at level 7. I'm not sure how much level 8 will bring...

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Sparrowhawk
I would be willing to participate in a raid on this alliance, but I have limited offensive capabilities (I have been raiding undefended inactives mostly).

As Spaced has said, the time you suggest to attack is at about 4 am here in North America, but I with travel time, I could send a fleet slowly at say midnight my time and as long as I wasn't first to arrive I could participate.

17 Small Cargo
6 Large Cargo
8 Light Fighter
2 Heavy Fighter

I could have cruisers by then though, I had not planned on building them as I have been raiding defenseless mostly but for the good of the alliance would be happy to add them in.

Give me a target and a time of arrival (hopefully with me arriving after the main attack force).

* Sparrowhawk

Thanks for the offer Sparrow But the message was really meant for the Euro's amongst us because the attack needs some serious planning beforehand so we decided on a time when some of us "heavies " will be available. But next time we will try to plan it more conveniently for the Americans too.

I wonder how Skanky can ever be involved in any of this, knowing that he's about 12 hours ahead of us Euro's

BTW, don't worry about your offensive capabilities. If it's a coordinated attack the defences will be taken out before you can finish it off

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by Hueij
But next time we will try to plan it more conveniently for the Americans too.

And the Canadians too

Okay, offer still open however, so if you are looking to reduce their stockpiles, let me know and I will try to plan my raid for the end of the line, to bring him/them down further yet than what you guys have already done.

/me

[Cyclotron]

I'm an honorary Euro for the next two months, but I don't have any offensive fleet. Maybe next time, guys.