Re: Formations - what\'s your strategy
 

Hey, use it to your advantage. Build some heavily armored/shielded weaponless ships and let them soak up initial fire. Give your real support ships one weapon to make sure they start in formation.

Re: Formations - what\'s your strategy
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The type entry describes the type of design of the ship. IE. attack ship, defense ship, carrier, mine sweeper, etc. I have tried entering specific types on this line with no luck. The game seems to put in whatever it pleases.

Kim</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A very old post but I did not find a newer one about this problem. I have observed the same as Kim: the ship types seem to be ignored. Anyone knows something else??
Another observation I made: Ships with no weapons at all (no point defense too) are placed outside the formation and at random at the beginning of the combat. Sometimes with deadly consequences!