2 quick questions

unseen4ce · 08-02-2012, 09:00 AM

1. Is Rebellion a stand-alone expansion, an expansion or a new game entirely.

2. I gave-up (rage quit admittedly) early-on with Trinity when I first encountered mines. There was no obvious way to clear them and strategies I have read required advanced tech or ship sacrifices (I couldn't believe it).

I had many other games to try. Perhaps there is a no mines mod now, but is there an EASY way to clear mines?

dafeaz · 08-02-2012, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by unseen4ce

1. Is Rebellion a stand-alone expansion, an expansion or a new game entirely.

2. I gave-up (rage quit admittedly) early-on with Trinity when I first encountered mines. There was no obvious way to clear them and strategies I have read required advanced tech or ship sacrifices (I couldn't believe it).

I had many other games to try. Perhaps there is a no mines mod now, but is there an EASY way to clear mines?

Rebellion is a stand-alone expansion. It has everything Trinity has, plus the content for a whole new expansion.

Mines are revealed by scout frigates. Typically I group around 10 or so scouts with my fleet when on the offensive. That way if I jump into mines, they'll be instantly engaged by my capship and flak turrets and taken out before I take too much damage. If the mines are elsewhere in the gravity well, I can peel off scouts to sit near them and let fighters/bombers pick them off.

Clearing mines is easy, but takes a bit of time. They're designed this way, they're meant to slow down an advancing force long enough for the defending to either move or build a force to fight back.

unseen4ce · 08-02-2012, 09:26 AM

ok, thankyou. That was quick. I'll try the scouts before I try Rebellion.

Whippersnapper · 08-03-2012, 02:11 AM

Mines are mostly a big waste of money unless they are placed properly, and I wouldn't count on AI to know how to do that. If someone wastes money on mines--just jump into the well and skirt around them on the side so as to avoid them.

In pro games, mines are sometimes used in combat--you use your mine layer to deploy the mines right on top of your opponent's fleet while in combat.

08-02-2012, 09:00 AM	#1
unseen4ce Join Date: Aug 2011 Reputation: 9 Posts: 156	2 quick questions 1. Is Rebellion a stand-alone expansion, an expansion or a new game entirely. 2. I gave-up (rage quit admittedly) early-on with Trinity when I first encountered mines. There was no obvious way to clear them and strategies I have read required advanced tech or ship sacrifices (I couldn't believe it). I had many other games to try. Perhaps there is a no mines mod now, but is there an EASY way to clear mines?

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08-02-2012, 09:26 AM	#3
unseen4ce Join Date: Aug 2011 Reputation: 9 Posts: 156	ok, thankyou. That was quick. I'll try the scouts before I try Rebellion.

08-03-2012, 02:11 AM	#4
Whippersnapper Join Date: Aug 2010 Reputation: 62 Posts: 268	Mines are mostly a big waste of money unless they are placed properly, and I wouldn't count on AI to know how to do that. If someone wastes money on mines--just jump into the well and skirt around them on the side so as to avoid them. In pro games, mines are sometimes used in combat--you use your mine layer to deploy the mines right on top of your opponent's fleet while in combat.