In this game everyone has their own style, in Tactical, if your ships are far apart, you can use the quick tac combat button, go to options in tactical combat screen click on it, until your ships get close or within range, then its really up to you, be sure to go back and turn off quick button unless that is what you want to do, I usually move fast until close to combat range, then clear orders and move individually if good size fleet engage, if I outnumber them, I check their stats and if I feel I outgun them, go to fast combat, otherwise I like to move and fight each ship, slower but far more enjoyable, my opinion, this is the way I do it, it doesn't mean that's what everyone does, each of us has own likes/preferences/styles, best way see is experiment until you see which you prefer. Also you can use the "E" button (hold down) on computer to end tac combat sequence fast instead of going thru full 30 turns.
just some ideas mac
