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Originally posted by Kon-Tiki@Sep 6 2005, 05:44 PM
Take the fight for independance on Colonization. That's one hell of a hard time, and you have to continuously keep your army at large and at all your colonies.
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untrue that you have to "continuously keep your army at large and at all your colonies"... at least not if you remember that the REF always attacks your weakest coastal colony and use that knowledge to your advantage: simply make your most defensible coastal colony your "weakest" colony by placing its military units outside... when the REF lands, destroy it on the beach. granted, you'll want to do this in one turn, so make sure you have enough military units to complete your counter-attack.
warning: don't block the REF's path to your "weakest" colony or you'll automatically lose units.
tip #1: leave only one military unit in all your other coastal cities, thus maximizing your counter-attack force.
tip #2: you won't want to route your counter-attack through your colony (even if there is a terrain bonus), because then your armies will end their turn inside your colony, thus making it your strongest and diverting the REF elsewhere... although this is can be a good strategy if your counter-attack has failed and you are now at risk of losing a key colony if that next boatload of REF shows up.
tip #3: for the above reason, remount any defeated dragoons in a different colony... hopefully one nearby.