kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock) (02/25/91)
In article <922@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes: >In article <22557@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4586c@prism.gatech.EDU (WILLETT,THOMAS CARTER) writes: >>has anybody managed to beat the computer when its rated at "ingenious". >>if so, could you share your secrets. i keep getting slaughtered - they >>seem to be able to build huge battlefleets faster than i can build >>satellites to defend myself. and when i try to attack them, they have >>usually over 200 ships at a planet, and i get wiped out. > > I have beat 'em twice, and that's in play two games. In other words, I've >beat him every time. The first time I played verses the computer in ingenious mode, I creamed him. Colonize, build up lots of metal, then cram the tech, then destroy the computer with large fleets. No sweat. So, then I decided to play vs. two computer opponents. I got creamed. Never saw the second computer player, but the first out-colonized me (how, I'm amazed...), out-tech'ed me, out-everything. One of the things I like about Spaceward Ho! is there's a lot of luck involved -- just like the real world. I started out one game with no colonizable planets within 11. So, I had to sit there and jack up my tech so I could reach them. Meanwhile, Mr. Computer is having a jolly time colonizing and I finally end up running into him after only colonizing a single planet. Needless to say, I was utterly destroyed. Here's my only gripe so far -- once the computer has taken over every world, except one, it sits there. I had a single planet, no metal, and I couldn't do anything. Come on, just kill me off and be kind... Ken -- Ken Hancock | INTERNET: kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu Isle Systems | Compuserve: >INTERNET:kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu Macintosh Consulting | AOL: coming soon... | Disclaimer: My opinions are mine, | your opinions are yours. Simple, isn't it?