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sjn · 3 Jul 2006, 20:00

I too was pretty sure about going Xan, until i read this thread, initially I was gonna go Cath but then I decided I liked to kill stuff too much

I was aware that the Pulsar was basically a pricey game of chicken for Xan against Terran (thats if you can actually afford to build enough whilst keeping a balanced fleet) but could get passed that coz it has lots of positives, like FI attacking fleet, low eta, cheap ships etc. However after looking at the Misc screen in game now (ta JBG) the odds seem to be stacked out of favour for the Xan - 32 % Terran and 31% Zik?!

Not only does Xan get hit first by terran DE (peg) but also by Zik Fr (brigand) and then there are the BS fleets both again Terran and Zik and you got 1 ship - the wraith. Xans could end up being drains on there allys and gals this round and so become a less favourable choice?

It's not that the stats are "so bad" - the ratio of race to race seems totally skewed though.

3 Jul 2006, 20:00	#21
sjn Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	Re: The end of Xan? I too was pretty sure about going Xan, until i read this thread, initially I was gonna go Cath but then I decided I liked to kill stuff too much I was aware that the Pulsar was basically a pricey game of chicken for Xan against Terran (thats if you can actually afford to build enough whilst keeping a balanced fleet) but could get passed that coz it has lots of positives, like FI attacking fleet, low eta, cheap ships etc. However after looking at the Misc screen in game now (ta JBG) the odds seem to be stacked out of favour for the Xan - 32 % Terran and 31% Zik?! Not only does Xan get hit first by terran DE (peg) but also by Zik Fr (brigand) and then there are the BS fleets both again Terran and Zik and you got 1 ship - the wraith. Xans could end up being drains on there allys and gals this round and so become a less favourable choice? It's not that the stats are "so bad" - the ratio of race to race seems totally skewed though.