Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!iconsys!ohs!stay
From: stay@ohs.UUCP (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: STRATEGIC CONQUEST
Message-ID: <542@ohs.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jun 90 18:40:36 GMT
References: <22655@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Organization: Orem High School, Orem, Utah
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I win at least 50% of my level 15 games, and I agree with the comments
on production being important (build transports!) and building bombers
on far islands, and of course you won't automatically lose if you start
with a fighter.  Also:

Since no one else has mentioned this, I'm not sure if it's a valid
comment any more, but there's a bug that goes like this:
Take a fighter out and attack someone once.  If you live, press B,
and wait for that fighter's turn to come up again.  At this point, you
can attack, belay, attack, belay, as many times as you want, until
you die or run out of fuel.  This is GREAT for taking out a fleet of
bombers.

If you fly a fighter into an empty enemy city and leave it there, the computer
on it's turn, will fly all available fighters into that city  in an attempt
to kill you.  Ha ha, it doesn't work.  He just lands.  This makes a great
target for a bomber.  (If you're interested in bothering with fighters)

By flying fighters past cities for several turn, we've figured that at level
15, the computer produces things exactly twice as quickly as you do.

The computer appears to have a one-dimensional attack plan.  If you attack
in two places at once, it just can't handle it.  Has anyone else seen this
happen?

And, what about the screwy transport bug?  I take a transport up to
an enemy island and make sure all the armies are awake, and belay the 
transport (for a bomber or whatever)  When I get back to the transport's
turn, the armies have all lost their turns.  Sometimes this happens 
(when I'm moving a transport three spaces to an island) between the
second and third moves!  (I check after each square.)  In case it's not
obvious, this can destroy an entire attack wave.  Ouch.

I wish we could have a tournament for the level 15-ers.

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- Steve Taylor, trACE Development, Alpine School District, Orem, Utah