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997 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
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vindicator
Not sure if this is intended disadvantage for horwasps but...Write Reply
Not sure if this is intended disadvantage for horwasps but intercept missions are practically impossible - lack of speed is one obvious reason, but ship ID and host order is another.

My opponent had an isolated ship that I felt my soldier could intercept so loaded it with fuel in case it moved away and I would then have a large distance to run home again. It did not, moved closer so I hoped for the intercept. However I failed to check the ID as host order tells me the lower moves first, so a chance the intercept won't work.

However... it looks like all horwasp ships have very large ID's that keep going up. we have a high build frequency and are unlikely to have low ID's, especially when the time comes to build defenders. In normal games ship ID's recycle? Do normal ships recycle in horwasp games keeping their ID's low?

I am thinking this is a major disadvantage as a horwasp ship is almost always going to have a higher ship ID, especially later in the game.

Have I got this right/any comments?

Vin
996 days, 22 hours, 59 minutes ago
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glyn
RE: Not sure if this is intended disadvantage for horwasps but...Write Reply
Higher ID# means you can avoid Intercept from lower ID# ships by yourself Intercepting another ship... and it means lower ID# ships can't avoid your Intercepts.

It is an advantage for Horwasp, one that their warp speed handicap makes a moot point in most cases.
996 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes ago
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vindicator
RE: Not sure if this is intended disadvantage for horwasps but...Write Reply
That way around it does indeed turn to an advantage - just I wanted to have my cake and eat it.
996 days, 14 hours, 51 minutes ago
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emork the lizard king
RE: Not sure if this is intended disadvantage for horwasps but...Write Reply
Yes, Horwasp soldiers and hives can't be intercepted successfully by the old races if they use intercept-evasion. Maybe throw a rcck in the direction you want to go just to have a good intercept target.