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GameGuides.com Presents Homeworld Game Guide

	Introduction Ship Management Resource Collection Movement & Combat Unit Strategies Walk-through Multiplayer

Protecting Your Resources

This is much more important in multiplayer or skirmish games than in single-player games (though, as mentioned, you should always keep an eye on your collectors during the campaign game). Don't take anything for granted in a multiplayer game, especially your opponent's desire to make your resource-collection life miserable. Use scouts and interceptors to guard your collector in the early game. You likely won't lose your collector to a small enemy strike-craft group, but you could gain an early ship advantage by eliminating your opponent's attack attempt.

As the game progresses, you'll likely need to protect your collector with a larger group. One sure-to-be-popular multiplayer gambit will be to fake an assault on the resource group to divert forces to the position and away from the mothership where the real assault is taking place. To counter this, just scout well with probes or scout craft. Secondly, disguise how much of your fleet you've sent to guard your resources. Build a cloak generator or two, and stick your fleet inside its sphere of influence. Your opponent might send over his assault group and grin with glee at your defenseless resource collector - and that's when you switch off the cloak generator.

The bottom line is, in multiplayer games you can expect your resource group to be attacked and attacked often. The player who loses the ability to generate resource units is the player who will lose the game. Don't just send your resource collector out and forget about it. Assume your opponent will attempt an attack, and protect your economy accordingly. Consider building an extra resource collector and hiding it, perhaps under a cloak generator, in case you do lose your primary collector.

Next: Resource Collection (cont.)

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