[Puke]

Welcome aboard! uhh, whats a MiM?

Strategic combat is important like the man says, but its not as simple as it looks. customizing those ship and fleet strategies is vital, as is the order of weapons you place on a design, as is having the right ship designs to compliment each other in a fleet.

There are far too many little tricks to list them all, but you will start picking them up as you play.