empire earth 2 art of supremacy population mod

I believe this would hold most attacks year 30, but the issue is the RNG required and scaling it futher (not to mention only defending 1 system). With Star Fortress I could get 18-23k fleet power around year 30-33 (cost ~5000 alloys).

Using Technocracy with around 650 tech/m (year 30), 0.75% techcost, building 3 Starholds (x5 weightbonus) and a Voidcraft scientist I still only got Star Fortress in time (before year 27 for buildup) about 50% of the time. To test the viability of getting Star Fortress year 30 I ran a Void Dweller build where all I had to do was hold my homesystem with my habitats (basically my 1 chokepoint). This is currently very hard to do because it have a 0.1x techweight before year 50. The problem is scaling that defense requires Star Fortress. A 10k fleet will beat a 10k Starbase (rule of thump you need +40% starbase power to fleet if they use plasma weapons).Ī Starhold with Unyeilding, 4 hangars and 9 defensive platforms with hull upgrade tech can have between 9-10k fleet power and cost around 2500-3000 alloys. So here are some numbers from my testing:Ĭurrent optimised multiplayer builds can have between 8-15k fleet at year 30 (10-20k with edicts). With a single choke point you can make a Starbase that will hold, for a while, but it is heavily dependant on luck and if you have 2 or 3 chokepoints you are screwed. If we assume someone playing defensive would rather spend 2 points in unyeilding than finishing supremacy their ships will be weaker and more expensive, but atleast their starbases will be better, right? This is the problem, early/midgame all the defensive options are tied to Starbases and Starbases are not efficient enough. Target Uplink Computer / Disruption Field Generator / Communications Jammer / Command Center Starbase hull+dmg (requires 2 points in Unyeilding)

If you want to play tall you need to use the defensive options to save on fleet so even if your neighbor is bigger than you, your economy is better due to having less upkeep.ĭefense in depth (requires finishing Supremacy) Using the fleet lead to expansion (or death) and you are no longer playing tall but playing wide. The issue is once you have a fleet, you should use that fleet. Once the fighting starts (usually year 30 in multiplayer) you need a fleet that somewhat matches your opponent or you are going to die. A lot of my argument is based on optimized multiplayer play, but the core point translates to all parts of the game.ĭuring the beta I have been trying to my hardest to get a 'tall' empire build to work, but I repeatedly run into the same problem:

Empire earth 2 art of supremacy population mod