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Article #104247Re: Finally got Homeworld 2. :)
From: Ceowulf
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:29
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:29
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"Jeff Holinski" <nospam_Holinski@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:3pu5m1pmonkc50m5q5oimoi2ph5v1epv0n@4ax.com... > After looking for a week I managed to get a used copy of Howmworld 2. > So far it seems like fun, but the difficulty sure ramps up quick. I > started one level with 60,000 resource points and a nice fleet and > still ran out of units and died. > > Even the skirmishs against the CPU seem harder. I used to have no > problem with the ones in the demo, but when I play the same map with > the same settings I get slaughtered every time. > > At least I'm having fun trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. :) > Remove nospam_ to reply by email I agree with Xan, you've got to get thinking in 3d, and start multi tasking asap with this game. It doesn't let you slouch. But its worth it once you get your giant fleet working well... And just a random bit of info for you. Homeworld 2 has dynamic enemies. This means that if you go into your next mission with a tiny fleet due to combat losses, that's ok, your enemy will also start off with a much smaller fleet to match you. The same goes in reverse, if you go into the next mission with a huge fleet, expect a force that can fight back. Good luck, don't give up, the ending is worth it for those who can actually beat the computer. Ceo-
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp.waia.asn.au!203.59.27.186.MISMATCH!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: "Ceowulf" <ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim References: <3pu5m1pmonkc50m5q5oimoi2ph5v1epv0n@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Finally got Homeworld 2. :) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:29:19 +0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4368b122$0$1713$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.59.252.106 X-Trace: 1130934562 per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au 1713 203.59.252.106 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit