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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
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Subject: Any tips on beating the computer in NetTrek 3.0?
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Date: 26 May 91 23:29:24 GMT
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The first few computer ships I beat in a single-player game of NetTrek
3.0 are easy; they just come at me straight and slow, giving me ample
opportunity to wipe them out with photons at medium range.  But by the
time I'm facing five computer opponents, it's just ludicrous -- I've
pounded the computer's ships with as many as twenty direct phaser hits
and about a dozen photon hits with no sign that they've been damaged
at all, then they hit me four times with phasers through my shields
and render me utterly helpless.  All too frequently, they hit me just
enough to knock out my impulse drive, then they fly through me (which
either destroys me or makes me have to wait for three minutes for
enough repairs to limp back to my starbase).  Of course, even when I'm
destroyed by being rammed, the ship that just rammed me emerges quite
unscathed.  (The Gorn ships seem to use this ramming technique most of
all.)

I'm getting pretty frustrated at the fact that they ram me before I
have a chance to volley enough photons at them to stop them, and at
the fact that they seem to follow me around even when I've gone to the
trouble to cloak myself, and at the fact that they seem to have an
unlimited supply of photons.

Does anyone out there have any tips or strategies or other tricks for
beating the computer's ships?  I mean, should I practice just sitting
still and blasting whatever comes my way (they converge on me from
several directions and ram me), or should I get better at whooshing
past them with open fire (they tend to anticipate my direction and ram
me)?

What's the best ship to use: Terran, Kling, or Rom?  How do the
strategies differ between them?

Thanks for any info!

     << Brian >>

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