Topic: How do you win a planetary assault in a nebula

[Toten]

Hail,

Nice to see new players.

Silva,

Unlike D3 in D2 u can attack the planet for damages.  As u damage the planet u will kill some of the defenders.  To a minimum level of 2.  Once at two defenders u can beam down attackers to take the planet.  I would suggest that u attack the planet with every thing in ur ships arsenel.

OHHH
In D2 the planets themselves can be armed.  They have heavy phasers on them (some mods have other nasty weapons also).   If you are familiar with attacking star bases in D3 then you will have a feel for how brutal some of the D2 planets can be (the actual D2 starbases are another matter believe me!!!!!!).

If I see any of your fleet mates online I will be more than willing to provide any help that I can.  

[Goose]

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I attacked a planet in D2 on the 7.35 server but it had like 30 defenders and my marines just got killed as fast as I could beam them down.

In order to capture anything in D2 you have to get troops on board.

On a ship that means dropping a shield, plinking troops (non-lethal fire), and then beaming abaord your own when you can get equal or superior numbers. The alternative is hitting the ship to the point of exploding, without actually blowing it up and then landing troops.

For planets you must destroy the defenses, including troops, and then land your own troops. This is harder when you get an armed planet. Some planets can have several plasmas and photons as well as a slew of PH4's (phasers so big and powerful, only planets and stations can utilize them).

Nebulas limit your options such as no shuttles, tranporters, and mines. As well as reduced shields and all weapon ranges and damage.

Oh and the AI has a superior level of stupidity.


Not quite the same game huh?

BTW: Cleo, you wouldn't happen to be Blonde would you?

[NuclearWessels]

Damage scored on the planet - once you're through it's shields etc - also gradually kills off the marines.  Just keep hammering the planet with whatever weaponry you've got, and watch the marine count for the planet.  Once it drops down to something reasonable *then* start sending the marines in.   It can  go quite quickly, or can take quite awhile - depends on the firepower you've got.

dave
PS - glad to see the SOS aboard, welcome to the show folks!
 

[SOS_Meridius]

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BTW: Cleo, you wouldn't happen to be Blonde would you?  

You gonna make fun of my Princess?  

 

[SOSCleopatra]

No, I'm not blonde, Mr. Goose

I may not know as much about the SFC2 game as some of my fleet, and they might have made me leader because they got a kick out of having a "princess" to champion, but don't think I'm target for any blonde jokes.  Also, a blonde woman is still a lady and you should remember that!

Like I told MR. Gwarlock,

In a battle of skill you might defeat me, but in a battle of wits, I'm female, so you have already lost.

Say yes dear and save youself a lot of trouble.

If your married say yes dear right away dear....

[Goose]

Although I have a repetoire of over 300 hundred Blonde jokes (got them here somewhere if you want them), that is not what I was asking.

The reason I wanted to know is that there is a certain lady I've been talking to at work who was very interested in playing Rom in D3. Since there are not a lot of ladies that play this game (let alone ones who play D3 Roms) I thought that you might be them since you appeared right around the same time I was talking to her. This lady has blond hair.

Apparently you are not her.  Damn!  and I was going to take credit for recruiting you.

So you might want to keep your eyes open for another D3 Rom Lady (no name yet).

You wouldn't know AlienLXIX by any chance?


Oh and uh, for the record...

Yes dear right away dear.

[KOTH-Steel Claw]

I gotta feeling she may know a certain cat who was playing Klingon at GamerZ (assuming that Cleo is actually a girl and not part of some hellaciously funny charade).

[Goose]

WHO?

Which cat?

What name did she have?

C'mon I'm dyin here...