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Just a thought about the last edit in the conclusions, you don't get any points or loot from destroying the Battleship with base defenses, so an impenetrable base isn't going to provide the same rewards as a supply ship farm raid (done via a Skyranger to work around elerium shortages). I suppose there's always shooting the battleship down before it strikes the base and then raiding it, but I don't recall if this stops the raids. Worth a ponder anyhow. -[[User:NKF|NKF]] 03:12, 30 July 2009 (EDT) | Just a thought about the last edit in the conclusions, you don't get any points or loot from destroying the Battleship with base defenses, so an impenetrable base isn't going to provide the same rewards as a supply ship farm raid (done via a Skyranger to work around elerium shortages). I suppose there's always shooting the battleship down before it strikes the base and then raiding it, but I don't recall if this stops the raids. Worth a ponder anyhow. -[[User:NKF|NKF]] 03:12, 30 July 2009 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Indeed, I was referring to an "intercept all the BBs for fun and profit" strategy (after all, they almost always have at least 1 power source left, and there's a TON of valuable loot). The repair time of Avengers, however, means you need a fallback if too many of your Avengers are in the shop, hence why the base defences. Generally I'd only do this with 1 base at a time, as you're limited by repair time anyway. | ||
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| + | By the way, shooting down the BB does NOT unset the flag. So this IS a valid "unlimited Elerium" method. | ||
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Re: Conclusions
Just a thought about the last edit in the conclusions, you don't get any points or loot from destroying the Battleship with base defenses, so an impenetrable base isn't going to provide the same rewards as a supply ship farm raid (done via a Skyranger to work around elerium shortages). I suppose there's always shooting the battleship down before it strikes the base and then raiding it, but I don't recall if this stops the raids. Worth a ponder anyhow. -NKF 03:12, 30 July 2009 (EDT)
Indeed, I was referring to an "intercept all the BBs for fun and profit" strategy (after all, they almost always have at least 1 power source left, and there's a TON of valuable loot). The repair time of Avengers, however, means you need a fallback if too many of your Avengers are in the shop, hence why the base defences. Generally I'd only do this with 1 base at a time, as you're limited by repair time anyway.
By the way, shooting down the BB does NOT unset the flag. So this IS a valid "unlimited Elerium" method.