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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / Re: A few noob questions..

« on: October 01, 2014, 12:58:02 AM »

Once again, thank you all for your helpful advice. This is by far my favourite mod of all the ones I have tried!

That brings me to one more question. Can you have as many mods as you want in your FoC mod folder? Just want to make sure it's ok to play one mod, then later on change the launch options (using Steam) and play another mod, then go back to the first mod later on? So far I have been playing Phoenix Rising, Republic at War and Legacy mod along with most of my time with Thrawn's Revenge. So far no issues but just wanted to be sure.

Thanks again.

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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / Re: A few noob questions..

« on: September 28, 2014, 11:48:09 AM »

Thanks again guys!

A few more questions if you don't mind....

Can I save anywhere? I know from experience with other games that have an overhaul mod, sometimes the devs recommend saving at particular times to prevent corruptions etc, just wanted to see if it was ok to save whenever (in land battle, space battle, while fleets travel between planets, etc).

Also, what kind of 'secondary' ships should i be putting in my fleets. As I mainly play 'Imperial' factions I seem to just want to build SD's, but I am guessing it's important to have frigates and corvettes as a screen?

I think Easy was 'too easy' so I restarted as the Pentastar Alignment on 'Captain'. So far so good!

Thanks again for your help!

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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / Re: A few noob questions..

« on: September 27, 2014, 05:10:08 PM »

Wow great info guys!!

And yeah I tried the land battles and they are SO much better in this mod then vanilla. So I think I will keep playing them.

I started a game in the Zsinj campaign as Zsinj. Tried easy. So far so good. I think his starting fleet is quite powerful. There seems to be only two ways into his zone and I have 5 plus imperial star destroyers at each point and Zsinj has his SSD as well. The Replublic threw a massive fleet at me and we were able to destroy them with minimal losses. They send piece meal fleets at me now with little effect. Not sure if they are putting together another big fleet or not. Just putting together a land force to assault Coruscant.

On that note, how can i tell if I can get to a planet or if the enemy can get to me? Is it just the lines connecting the planets that show this? Just want to make sure I can't get attacked from a direction I don't have covered.

Thanks again for all your info. Much appreciated!

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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / Re: A few noob questions..

« on: September 26, 2014, 01:53:40 PM »

Welcome to the forums!

I would like to note that there are several built-in difficulty levers in-game. Those fighter upgrades from space stations can help you a great deal, especially if you play on Admiral, while Hyper-Velocity cannons make everything easier. You may choose not to use them for extra challenge or build multi-hyper velocity cannon- planets on strategic chokepoints on the galactic map to create kill-zones for the AI.

Thanks Vulcanus. Much appreciated!

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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / Re: A few noob questions..

« on: September 26, 2014, 01:52:42 PM »

Once again I thank you for the info Senza. All very helpful!

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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / Re: A few noob questions..

« on: September 26, 2014, 01:17:26 PM »

Great info! Thanks Senza!

I will try easy to get my feet wet and then try medium.

As for the land battles, I will also give them a shot. I have only played land battles in vanilla and found them kinda tedious. I have a feeling this mod might have made them better. Either way the space battles are so awesome that I just want to skip land battles so I can have another space battle! 

Thanks again. 

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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / Re: A few noob questions..

« on: September 26, 2014, 12:58:11 PM »

Gotcha! Thanks! Maybe I will try some ground combat. So I assume I should build lots of turbolaser turrets if I want to defend a planet well and autoresolve?

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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / A few noob questions..

« on: September 26, 2014, 11:45:53 AM »

Hello All!

I am new to Empire at War and when I saw this mod I knew I had to give it a try. So far I am getting owned but it's been ALOT of fun! I just have a few questions about the mod if you don't mind answering that would be great.

- What are the differences in difficulty? I asked on modDB and was told it just effects some aggressiveness and cheats (like AI getting more ships). Just wanted to confirm if it's worth starting on easy or if I should stick with medium. I don't like games to be overly easy.

- I am not big on the ground combat. I like the space battles. That said, if I just auto-resolve all the land battles, do I still need to take troop types into account? Not sure what the game uses to auto resolve.

Those are my two questions I can think of. Any info would be great. The mod is fantastic!

Thanks!

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