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Raiyven · 10-06-2005, 08:37 AM

yup, that's the one

I wonder... would it take away from the original splendor of HW to engineer the original game as a TC for HW2?

SiFi · 10-07-2005, 06:15 AM

Not that much. The engine tweaks alone are worth it.....though I like multiple build and research queues from HW. Though having two fleets with identical abilities can get boring. I suppose it's all in the tactics. (Scout sting, to distract. Now, 400 salvage corvettes, go!)

Raiyven · 10-07-2005, 01:28 PM

lol. not completely identical, don't forget, the field frigate and hive frigate! ooooooooo! the two most useless frigates in the game, unless you take the unit cap off

though, the nice thing about salvage corvettes is that they're much easier to pick off than a marine frigate... and they're not armed, either.

Though it is fun to watch someone try and make off with your destroyer, knock two of the corvettes off, and watch the other three spin it around in circles

and who can forget the Kamikaze command? 400 scouts, ramming speed!

SiFi · 10-08-2005, 08:11 AM

A destroyer takes three salvage corvettes, frigates two, and carriers and heavy cruisers five. Trust me on this one

And I developed the "everything of yours soon will be mine" playing style on the 14th level of HW, where there's the sphere of 200 or so ion cannon frigates that are just the perfect distance apart to capture one by one.

Raiyven · 10-08-2005, 08:08 PM

heh personally i liked (i think it was) missions 5-7 or so? Bridge of Sighs was one of them, i remember, i REPLAYED it enough times. Those Multi-Beam Frigates, hoooo... picked up four or five of those and managed to keep em' till the last mission. came in handy with that goddamn rock they throw at you in 14

SiFi · 10-09-2005, 03:09 AM

Who needs frigates with more than one beam? That's what the 200 ion cannon frigates are for. Then the rest of the fleet distracts the enemy while my salvage corvettes kidnap them all

Raiyven · 10-10-2005, 06:00 PM

you and your sallies. need i remind you of the ball o death i usually had around my mosho?

it's just not the same in HW2... as i recall my last minefield led to an hour-long standoff broken only by a lag drop

SiFi · 10-10-2005, 09:13 PM

hehehehehehe yup, and the next game we played, high unit cap and no cap ships, I build nothing but minelayer corvettes

Raiyven · 10-11-2005, 05:38 AM

yeah, it's because of that i changed my tactics

when the game lags because of all those mines moving at once, it's like a friendly heart murmur telling me to cut back on my caffeine. started SC again, Sam Fisher is my friggin hero.

btw, when are you free next, post-saturday afternoon? (test at 2pm. yes, on a saturday)

Aluscia · 10-11-2005, 08:48 AM

Sorry for not catching this sooner.

The song is actually pretty famous... Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber. I've heard everything from realllllllllly slow performances, fast performances, techno, DDR, and this.

SiFi · 10-11-2005, 10:13 AM

Sam Fisher is everone's hero (exept when Garret is), and his lines just keep getting better

Hurry up and finish the game, I want to infiltrate CIA headquarters again

Gambit · 10-12-2005, 02:18 PM

Thx, Alu.

10-06-2005, 08:37 AM	#16
Raiyven Big Bad Thread Boogeyman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burlington, ON. Age: 41 Posts: 406	yup, that's the one I wonder... would it take away from the original splendor of HW to engineer the original game as a TC for HW2? __________________ "For in that we are both especially daring and especially thorough in calculating what we attempt, we can truly be distinguished from other men, for whom ignorance is boldness but calculation brings hesitancy. Rightly would they be judged strongest in spirit who recognize both dangers and pleasures with utmost clarity and are on neither count deterred from risks." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: 2.40, "The Funeral Oration of Perikles" (431 BCE)

10-07-2005, 06:15 AM	#17
SiFi Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ([]*[])The Frozen North Age: 42 Posts: 230	Not that much. The engine tweaks alone are worth it.....though I like multiple build and research queues from HW. Though having two fleets with identical abilities can get boring. I suppose it's all in the tactics. (Scout sting, to distract. Now, 400 salvage corvettes, go!) __________________ Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent -Dionysius of Halicarnassus

10-07-2005, 01:28 PM	#18
Raiyven Big Bad Thread Boogeyman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burlington, ON. Age: 41 Posts: 406	lol. not completely identical, don't forget, the field frigate and hive frigate! ooooooooo! the two most useless frigates in the game, unless you take the unit cap off though, the nice thing about salvage corvettes is that they're much easier to pick off than a marine frigate... and they're not armed, either. Though it is fun to watch someone try and make off with your destroyer, knock two of the corvettes off, and watch the other three spin it around in circles and who can forget the Kamikaze command? 400 scouts, ramming speed! __________________ "For in that we are both especially daring and especially thorough in calculating what we attempt, we can truly be distinguished from other men, for whom ignorance is boldness but calculation brings hesitancy. Rightly would they be judged strongest in spirit who recognize both dangers and pleasures with utmost clarity and are on neither count deterred from risks." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: 2.40, "The Funeral Oration of Perikles" (431 BCE)

10-08-2005, 08:11 AM	#19
SiFi Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ([]*[])The Frozen North Age: 42 Posts: 230	A destroyer takes three salvage corvettes, frigates two, and carriers and heavy cruisers five. Trust me on this one And I developed the "everything of yours soon will be mine" playing style on the 14th level of HW, where there's the sphere of 200 or so ion cannon frigates that are just the perfect distance apart to capture one by one. __________________ Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent -Dionysius of Halicarnassus

10-08-2005, 08:08 PM	#20
Raiyven Big Bad Thread Boogeyman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burlington, ON. Age: 41 Posts: 406	heh personally i liked (i think it was) missions 5-7 or so? Bridge of Sighs was one of them, i remember, i REPLAYED it enough times. Those Multi-Beam Frigates, hoooo... picked up four or five of those and managed to keep em' till the last mission. came in handy with that goddamn rock they throw at you in 14 __________________ "For in that we are both especially daring and especially thorough in calculating what we attempt, we can truly be distinguished from other men, for whom ignorance is boldness but calculation brings hesitancy. Rightly would they be judged strongest in spirit who recognize both dangers and pleasures with utmost clarity and are on neither count deterred from risks." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: 2.40, "The Funeral Oration of Perikles" (431 BCE)

10-09-2005, 03:09 AM	#21
SiFi Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ([]*[])The Frozen North Age: 42 Posts: 230	Who needs frigates with more than one beam? That's what the 200 ion cannon frigates are for. Then the rest of the fleet distracts the enemy while my salvage corvettes kidnap them all __________________ Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent -Dionysius of Halicarnassus

10-10-2005, 06:00 PM	#22
Raiyven Big Bad Thread Boogeyman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burlington, ON. Age: 41 Posts: 406	you and your sallies. need i remind you of the ball o death i usually had around my mosho? it's just not the same in HW2... as i recall my last minefield led to an hour-long standoff broken only by a lag drop __________________ "For in that we are both especially daring and especially thorough in calculating what we attempt, we can truly be distinguished from other men, for whom ignorance is boldness but calculation brings hesitancy. Rightly would they be judged strongest in spirit who recognize both dangers and pleasures with utmost clarity and are on neither count deterred from risks." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: 2.40, "The Funeral Oration of Perikles" (431 BCE)

10-10-2005, 09:13 PM	#23
SiFi Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ([]*[])The Frozen North Age: 42 Posts: 230	hehehehehehe yup, and the next game we played, high unit cap and no cap ships, I build nothing but minelayer corvettes __________________ Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent -Dionysius of Halicarnassus

10-11-2005, 05:38 AM	#24
Raiyven Big Bad Thread Boogeyman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burlington, ON. Age: 41 Posts: 406	yeah, it's because of that i changed my tactics when the game lags because of all those mines moving at once, it's like a friendly heart murmur telling me to cut back on my caffeine. started SC again, Sam Fisher is my friggin hero. btw, when are you free next, post-saturday afternoon? (test at 2pm. yes, on a saturday) __________________ "For in that we are both especially daring and especially thorough in calculating what we attempt, we can truly be distinguished from other men, for whom ignorance is boldness but calculation brings hesitancy. Rightly would they be judged strongest in spirit who recognize both dangers and pleasures with utmost clarity and are on neither count deterred from risks." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: 2.40, "The Funeral Oration of Perikles" (431 BCE)

10-11-2005, 08:48 AM	#25
Aluscia Emo Queen 1000th Thread Main Forum Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In a subterranean complex. Age: 41 Posts: 2,346	Sorry for not catching this sooner. The song is actually pretty famous... Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber. I've heard everything from realllllllllly slow performances, fast performances, techno, DDR, and this. __________________ Favourite Song of the moment - Pyramid Song - Radiohead

10-11-2005, 10:13 AM	#26
SiFi Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ([]*[])The Frozen North Age: 42 Posts: 230	Sam Fisher is everone's hero (exept when Garret is), and his lines just keep getting better Hurry up and finish the game, I want to infiltrate CIA headquarters again __________________ Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent -Dionysius of Halicarnassus

10-12-2005, 02:18 PM	#27
Gambit Forum wh0re Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 744	Thx, Alu. __________________ XMEN member Card-carrying DTM OKL Fish-napper Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained. -The Tao of Programming