[Slick]

Stupid Fleet Tricks


The best thing about fleet names to me is that no other player can see them. Your ship names are viewable to all so it isn't a good idea to name your minesweeper "Minesweeper v2.3". (save the name game for another thread). But you can safely name your fleets with names that help you manage without fear of another player using that to their advantage. I use a shorthand system for fleets that tells me from name alone what the function, composition, destination, and some other things like if it is now short on minesweeping or repair capability etc. I also change fleet names to update those things. You can also put single ships in fleets for this reason, in addition to giving it the fleet combat bonuses (in addition to the crew combat bonuses). I always create numerous 1-ship fleets at a fleet training planet so that as a minimum, I can give any new ship/fleet a fully trained fleet to "move into". You can even make a 1-ship fleet out of a mothballed ship at your training planets. The mothballed ship won't receive any crew training but the fleet will be trained up and ready for use at a moment's notice.