[D'rek]

Round 7 is over.


Current points:

Vortex Alliance - 30 (Lyra: 30)
Nova Alliance - 28 (Union: 29, Mechanema: 27)
Flare Alliance - 27.5 (Keepers: 27, Exiles: 28)
Hydrani Progress (dead) - 20
Orion Hegemony - 18


New Technologies for Round 8:

Conifold Field
Fusion Source
Wormhole Generator
Gauss Shield
Tachyon Source
Improved Hull
Artifact Key
Artifact Key
Fusion Source
Advanced Mining
Nanorobots



Play Order for Round 8:

EM
Khell
IH
D'rek
twelve
CF



Lists of undrawn stuff remaining:


Discoveries:

Spoiler

Ancient Tech
Ancient Cruiser
+8 Money
+6 Materials
Ion Disrupter
Ancient Orbital

Technologies:

Spoiler

Neutron Bombs
Neutron Bombs
Nanorobots
Starbase
Improved Hull
Fusion Drive
Plasma Cannon
Fusion Source
Advanced Robotics
Advanced Robotics
Positron Computer
Positron Computer
Positron Computer
Advanced Economy
Advanced Labs
Tachyon Source
Plasma Missile
Plasma Missile
Antimatter Cannon
Quantum Grid
Quantum Grid
Cloaking Device
Interceptor Bay

Reputation tiles:

Spoiler

4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

[D'rek]

Points-wise, alliances/ambassadors are all about the same except for EM having a -3 as Betrayer. There's no big gap in technology progress either: the lowest is 0 (khell) but the highest is only 4 (IH).


Twelve is dominating sectors:

twelve - 15
Khell - 12
D'rek - 11
CF - 10
EM - 8
IH - 5


EM still has the best reputation by a little bit and Khell is too much of a pacifist to have any:

EM - 10
CF - 8
twelve - 6
D'rek - 6
IH - 6
Khell - 4



Racial bonuses are probably the biggest swing, giving Khell the lead and mitigating my losses:

Khell - 7
D'rek - 4
IH - 1

[Tattersail_]

Conifold Field!!!

[D'rek]

OP images updated. EM's turn to kick-start us off.

Also, a reminder that this is the last round that alliances can be formed/betrayed/changed/etc - none of that is allowed on round 9. (You can still be a traitor to your diplomatic relations on round 9, though)

[Imperial Historian]

Tattersail, on 21 February 2013 - 03:37 PM, said:

Conifold Field!!!

I've never been convinced by conifold field as a technology... it still only takes 1 antimatter shot to kill you with one conifold field. I can see how it has it's uses if the galaxy is very missile heavy and you have no other counter or you don't have improved hull, but when antimatter cannons are running wild, I'm not so sure it adds much over improved hull.

[Tattersail_]

Imperial Historian, on 21 February 2013 - 03:56 PM, said:

Tattersail, on 21 February 2013 - 03:37 PM, said:

Conifold Field!!!

I've never been convinced by conifold field as a technology... it still only takes 1 antimatter shot to kill you with one conifold field. I can see how it has it's uses if the galaxy is very missile heavy and you have no other counter or you don't have improved hull, but when antimatter cannons are running wild, I'm not so sure it adds much over improved hull.

You want it though don't you

[Khellendros]

D, on 21 February 2013 - 03:37 PM, said:

Racial bonuses are probably the biggest swing, giving Khell the lead and mitigating my losses:

Indeed, we are a superior race. Have the direction of play move anti-clockwise please.


Also, space internet. lols.

[D'rek]

Tattersail, on 21 February 2013 - 04:06 PM, said:

Imperial Historian, on 21 February 2013 - 03:56 PM, said:

Tattersail, on 21 February 2013 - 03:37 PM, said:

Conifold Field!!!

I've never been convinced by conifold field as a technology... it still only takes 1 antimatter shot to kill you with one conifold field. I can see how it has it's uses if the galaxy is very missile heavy and you have no other counter or you don't have improved hull, but when antimatter cannons are running wild, I'm not so sure it adds much over improved hull.

You want it though don't you

IH is probably the only one in a position to use it though, since he has hypergrid and tattersail had taken the zero-point sources. IH, you could put two conifold fields where your improved hulls are now and an improved hull on one of your nuclear drives to have a 9-HP dreadnaught - 3 AM hits to kill! Might be the only way to go if you can't match twelve's crazy initiatives.

[Khellendros]

Hmm, I was thinking of taking the coniifold field, combining it with my improved and sentient hulls and essentially just sticking with ion cannons and immense durability. Would have to bust out for a better source as well though. Hmm hmm hmmm.

[Khellendros]

IH/D'rek, what are your plans? I assume that EM will hit CF this round, though I'm not certain. If he does though, that could provide a good opportunity to strike back at CF/twelve, if you are able. I'm very uncertain about how to approach this round myself.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Yes, this should be a more interesting round than the last for sure!

I'm debating what I want to research. I see a few possible strategies for this round, but a lot will depend on what people grab for research the first time around the board. I am really starting to think I'm going to have to flip back to defense for a phase, and then try to pull off something massive in the final phase. I mean, with his material stores IH is going to be able to do some damage to the GC unless Twelve and I put more ships there.

I'm definitely glad of that quantum grid research from last turn. 7 moves before I have to even start thinking about stretching myself too thin!

[Khellendros]

cerveza_fiesta, on 21 February 2013 - 04:40 PM, said:

Yes, this should be a more interesting round than the last for sure!

I'm debating what I want to research. I see a few possible strategies for this round, but a lot will depend on what people grab for research the first time around the board. I am really starting to think I'm going to have to flip back to defense for a phase, and then try to pull off something massive in the final phase. I mean, with his material stores IH is going to be able to do some damage to the GC unless Twelve and I put more ships there.

I'm definitely glad of that quantum grid research from last turn. 7 moves before I have to even start thinking about stretching myself too thin!

I'm debating whether to snap up the quantum grid or simply take a couple of influence discs off. Or neither.

[Tattersail_]

cerveza_fiesta, on 21 February 2013 - 04:40 PM, said:

Yes, this should be a more interesting round than the last for sure!

I'm debating what I want to research. I see a few possible strategies for this round, but a lot will depend on what people grab for research the first time around the board. I am really starting to think I'm going to have to flip back to defense for a phase, and then try to pull off something massive in the final phase. I mean, with his material stores IH is going to be able to do some damage to the GC unless Twelve and I put more ships there.

I'm definitely glad of that quantum grid research from last turn. 7 moves before I have to even start thinking about stretching myself too thin!

upgrade early and confuse them all.

[D'rek]

Khellendros, on 21 February 2013 - 04:36 PM, said:

IH/D'rek, what are your plans? I assume that EM will hit CF this round, though I'm not certain. If he does though, that could provide a good opportunity to strike back at CF/twelve, if you are able. I'm very uncertain about how to approach this round myself.

I'm going to move to counter twelve first thing - don't want to let him profit from my losses by grabbing Tatts' now-empty hexes. So I won't be able to research anything. It'd be good if you, EM and IH can grab anything we don't want twelve or CF to have.

I think twelve would get the confiold fields if he could. If nothing else, he'd put them on his starbases to make them a colossal pain in the ass to fight.

[Khellendros]

Conifold field and/or improved hull I can see them wanting. Maybe a new drive for CF.

[twelve]

D, on 21 February 2013 - 04:43 PM, said:

Khellendros, on 21 February 2013 - 04:36 PM, said:

IH/D'rek, what are your plans? I assume that EM will hit CF this round, though I'm not certain. If he does though, that could provide a good opportunity to strike back at CF/twelve, if you are able. I'm very uncertain about how to approach this round myself.

I'm going to move to counter twelve first thing - don't want to let him profit from my losses by grabbing Tatts' now-empty hexes. So I won't be able to research anything. It'd be good if you, EM and IH can grab anything we don't want twelve or CF to have.

I think twelve would get the confiold fields if he could. If nothing else, he'd put them on his starbases to make them a colossal pain in the ass to fight.

LOL. Love it.

I was hoping you would have researched the first round as I was going to move to take Tats Homeworld. Still will probably. I feel taking the traitor card will be worth taking that hex over. Then I will also free up another spot for additional reputation.

[cerveza_fiesta]

@ D'rek,

Just noticed on the board,

I won against your orbital. Does that not mean it is destroyed and that you should have taken back the pop cube?

[Imperial Historian]

I'll probably grab one of the techs in the top 2 rows (quantum grid or power probably) or conifold field, depends how everyone else researches. Twelve and CF are stretched pretty thin, so we will see what opportunities present themselves.

[D'rek]

cerveza_fiesta, on 21 February 2013 - 04:54 PM, said:

@ D'rek,

Just noticed on the board,

I won against your orbital. Does that not mean it is destroyed and that you should have taken back the pop cube?

I did take it off the map back to my graveyard.

Then in the upkeep phase I re-colonized it.

[Khellendros]

Imperial Historian, on 21 February 2013 - 04:54 PM, said:

I'll probably grab one of the techs in the top 2 rows (quantum grid or power probably) or conifold field, depends how everyone else researches. Twelve and CF are stretched pretty thin, so we will see what opportunities present themselves.

I'm falling out of love with the idea of conifold field. I can just upgrade my ships with more sentient/improved hulls instead, and they won't need extra power. Which means I might go for the quantum grid.