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Started by Gabor Melis
Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:32
reaction stat in TFTD
Author: Gabor Melis
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:32
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:32
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I'm conducting a campaign on superhuman in a reasonably scientific manner based on my previous games, the wisdom of the net and this newsgroup. The strategy is well in hand or so it seems (as always until it all goes down in flames ...). However, I wonder if my _tactical_ skills are a bit lacking. I read that the reaction stat is important for an aquanaut and some players use high reaction scouts with pistols. I cannot keep scouts alive for long, so in my troops they are fodder. Very catious fodder, mind you. They move stealthily from rock to rock, a few squares ahead then back to a safe place hoping to spot an enemy for the grenadiers and snipers to play with. Maybe, I don't play it right and reaction fire could help them a lot. I read that the chance of reaction fire for a naut is depends on the speed (total/reamining? TU) of the enemy: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=79sgo8%24sp4%241%40nnrp1.dejanews.com Is this true in your opinion in tftd? If it is true, then on superhuman where the aliens get so many TUs is reaction fire useful/viable? How/where/when/...? Cheers, Gabor
Re: reaction stat in TFTD
Author: BladeFireLight
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:26
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:26
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At superhuman the reaction stat is so hight on the aliens that they alwase get the fire first. It's usualy better when your armor sucks to alwase end the turn behind cover so they cant shoot you. basicly it's move, shoot, hide. -Blade FireLight mega@hotpop.com (Gabor Melis) wrote in message news:<fb0fb805.0310181332.11fe57bc@posting.google.com>... > I'm conducting a campaign on superhuman in a reasonably scientific > manner based on my previous games, the wisdom of the net and this > newsgroup. The strategy is well in hand or so it seems (as always > until it all goes down in flames ...). > > However, I wonder if my _tactical_ skills are a bit lacking. I read > that the reaction stat is important for an aquanaut and some players > use high reaction scouts with pistols. I cannot keep scouts alive for > long, so in my troops they are fodder. Very catious fodder, mind you. > They move stealthily from rock to rock, a few squares ahead then back > to a safe place hoping to spot an enemy for the grenadiers and snipers > to play with. Maybe, I don't play it right and reaction fire could > help them a lot. > > I read that the chance of reaction fire for a naut is depends on the > speed (total/reamining? TU) of the enemy: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=79sgo8%24sp4%241%40nnrp1.dejanews.com > > Is this true in your opinion in tftd? > > If it is true, then on superhuman where the aliens get so many TUs is > reaction fire useful/viable? How/where/when/...? > > Cheers, Gabor
Re: reaction stat in TFTD
Author: Gabor Melis
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:55
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:55
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kid3@usa.net (BladeFireLight) wrote in message news:<2e8ed39f.0310182126.21f13a0f@posting.google.com>... > At superhuman the reaction stat is so hight on the aliens that they > alwase get the fire first. > > It's usualy better when your armor sucks to alwase end the turn behind > cover so they cant shoot you. > > basicly it's move, shoot, hide. Yes, that is what I do. But can it be that if a naut has high enough TUs then he will make a good scout, door opener because he simply never gets shot at?
Re: reaction stat in TFTD
Author: Dr Ratt
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:35
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:35
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"Gabor Melis" <mega@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:fb0fb805.0310210555.3a4fe44c@posting.google.com... > kid3@usa.net (BladeFireLight) wrote in message news:<2e8ed39f.0310182126.21f13a0f@posting.google.com>... > > At superhuman the reaction stat is so hight on the aliens that they > > alwase get the fire first. > > > > It's usualy better when your armor sucks to alwase end the turn behind > > cover so they cant shoot you. > > > > basicly it's move, shoot, hide. > > Yes, that is what I do. But can it be that if a naut has high enough > TUs then he will make a good scout, door opener because he simply > never gets shot at? to maximise the chance of reaction fire, in my experience, you must leave enough tus for 2 snapshots a scout will only not be shot at if the aliens don't leave tus for reaction fire, which they usually do
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