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Re: Ships in generals?

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From: Daniel Morrison
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 00:08
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Neil Adamson <ada...@uk.ibm.com> wrote:

Yeah, I only blow hard earned credits on ships if it dosn't matter. Ships are only support units, you can't win anything unless you have tanks and troops on the ground.

> Fair comment. Trouble is that against any sort of opponent you then need air
> defence for the carriers, then AS defence for the Aegis, then anti squid
> defence for the destroyers and before yo uknow it, all you resources have
> been sucked out of the land battle, where, IMHO, you can win it without
> carriers.

> Also, I never build superweapons, but allow my skirmish opponents to. Keeps
> the adrenaline flowing.

> If it's worth doing, it's worth doing the hard way.

> ;o)

> Neil A



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