wade@nmtvax.UUCP (08/07/84)
To: unm-cvax!lanl-a!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!mcnc!akgua!psuvax1!jdi
Subject: Re: A challenge
References: <2890@decwrl.UUCP> <1065@sdcsvax.UUCP>, <1116@psuvax1.UUCP>
If you are thinking about the original version of empire which uses
armies, fighters, troop transports, destroyers, submarines, cruisers,
aircraft carriers, and battleships, then there is a very easy way to
beat the computer.
The computer always uses the same strategy, and relies heavily on
fighters. The key to the game is fast expansion, if you can get more
cities in the beginning, then you've got it made. On your starting
island, have one city making armies, one making troop transports, one
making submarines, and one making fighters. The city making armies
will make enough to fill a transport by the time the transport is
finished and then some. Your fighters can scout out the neigboring
islands and your submarines can hunt down enemy troop transports.
Once you have a troop transport finished, go to a neutral island,
capture one city, and move on to another neutral island and repeat
the process until the transport is empty. These cities will produce
armies that can take the other cities on the island. All of your
coastal cities should crank out submarines, because submarines are
the most cost/time effective ship, and all inland cities not needed
for armies should make fighters. You don't need carriers because
you can set up flight paths from city to city to take fighters where
they are needed.
This strategy will give you an incredibly large navy in short
order with which you can wipe out any enemy troop transports that
show up. When you get him cut down enough or your navy large enough,
you place 3 or 4 subs outside every enemy coastal city so you can
kill any ship he makes as it comes out. Your fighters can make regular
runs over enemy territory to wipe out his armies and fighters until
your transports show up. When they do, pull up right next to a city
and grab it, then crank out the armies. Your neighboring islands should
produce armies and act as loading areas for your transports until you
capture the enemy island.
I hope this works for you, and I think it will, because I win
every time I use it.
Richard Wade
nmtvax!wade