Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!agate!ucbvax!ucdavis!iris!lim From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Upgrading Strategic Conquest 2.0 to 3.0 Message-ID: <8260@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 29 Jan 91 20:22:37 GMT References: <1991Jan29.000820.9303@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <91028.224311CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> <11938@ur-cc.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lines: 38 In article <11938@ur-cc.UUCP> duga@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Brady Duga) writes: >In article <91028.224311CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) writes: >Changes from Strategic Conquest 2.0: >[...] > >Carriers are weaker; destroyers and submarines and battleships are stronger, to >encourage a sophisticated naval strategy. Armies and airplanes never get >strength 2. This sounds good. >The world is slightly smaller, there are less cities, and the islands have >better shape. [I think they kept the same land to city ratio, but just have >less land] This also sounds like the naval aspect has become more important. >There are some mild performance enhancements and several bug fixes: Nothing >can attack more than twice per turn, there are no problems with scrolling by >dragging an airplanes path, and ships can't regain their entire strength in >one turn. Yes, those stupid bugs are finally fixed! >[And now the big one:] >The computer player now produces his pieces at exactly the same rate as you >at every skill level. [YAY!] This is what I really want to know about. Has the computer's strategy really improved? It used to be that at the highest level it was difficult to beat the computer, mostly because it was out-producing you. Now, I have a feeling that the highest level will be too easy and the computer is still a wimp. Can anyone confirm or deny this? +++ Lloyd Lim Internet: lim@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu Compuserve: 72647,660 US Mail: 215 Lysle Leach Hall, U.C. Davis, Davis, CA 95616