[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Stone Mill
Rags,
Now that your match is ended... I would like to offer some thoughts, if I may...

Consider that when an attacker know he has you on the defensive, he smells blood. Especially if he knows his fleets are gaining ground despite some losses. This is a situation of eventual doom.

Consider this- a strategy called "End run," used by some of the pros here (I believe Geo and some others give good accounts). It pretty much entails giving the attacker something to worry about when he thinks he has you down and out (and he does).

This is a low percentage move, but it does throw a wrench in the works. Wage war against the enemy's planets, not his ships. Commit a portion of your defense to offense. Yes this will mean leaving a system defenseless, which you will have to fall back and make a stand deeper with whatever you can... but if you choose not to engage the attacker's fleets and give him some pain, you make the attacker make some interesting choices. You may get him to turn around and chase you. You may frag enough of his planets to hurt his economy... maybe riot... and he won't be able to afford maintanance on his once great fleets.

Anyway... a morsel to consider. Hope you don't mind.

I will have to remember those tips. I certainly do not mind at all and maybe they will help me get above the middle of the hill (haven't been further then there) sometime. I have a book writtin on KOTH stratagies basically that I look at every now and then to find new tips for myself. Its came in handy a couple times now.