Combat issues

[Narrew]

I am fighting an enemy that has alot of seeker/fighters so I made some Escorts with just point defense to help my existing fleet. I have default orders to attack nearest seekers/fighters/sattlites but in the fleet they are in have optimal firing range. Well the Escorts end up running out to the edges *sigh* that dont help me at all. Also my fleet wont stay in formation is there anything I can do?

[SgtBigG]

If you don't put an offensive weapon on a ship it will run like a Frenchman. I like to use LC with PDC and a Capital Missile.

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[steveh11]

Yup, I build them too - I use them to escort All_Cap_Missile Battlecuisers in to take homeworlds out when playing Proportions...

Steve

[JLS]

If playing Proportions, for example.

[F3] Escort Hull; speed equal to fleet
One small mount weapon 15kt (ea. lvl 1 DUC)
A few PDCs

[F11] Add strategies for {Escort}.
firing:
*Use Type before targeting priorities.
1- Fighters
2- Seekers (on us)
3- Sats
4- Seekers (on others)
5- Drones
Etc./NA

Don’t Fire in types:
Set all but above

This should work well for you, cheap and effective on missiles, fighters, Sats and drones!!!

[ April 07, 2003, 15:01: Message edited by: JLS ]

[oleg]

In proportions, it is very difficult to hit fighters even with PDC. I recomend build two different ships - one with PDC against seekers and another with point-defence beams against fighters. But the best anti-fighter weapon is still another fighter !

[JLS]

Originally posted by oleg:
In proportions, it is very difficult to hit fighters even with PDC. I recomend build two different ships - one with PDC against seekers and another with point-defence beams against fighters. But the best anti-fighter weapon is still another fighter !

True; Point Defense Beam has a better to-hit 55-70, but the power is primarily a extremely small fraction to that of the PDC. 65 PDC vs 17 PDb

As Narrew asked for the best way to set up a multipurpose escort ship to combat against Seekers, Sats and Fighters, he/you may find level 4 or 5 PDCs, still your best choice


[ April 07, 2003, 13:45: Message edited by: JLS ]