capturing planets in PBW games

[rextorres]

It doesn't matter what the designation is - I guess it might mean something, but I've always set my ship strategy manually. As long as you set your fleet strategy to capture planet and your ship strategy to capture planet you should be fine.

There are some quirks, however.

1. If your fleet has missile weapons they may wipe out your target planet before the transport gets there so you have to be aware of that.

2. Also, I put a direct fire weapon on the transport so that the ship doesn't run for the hills if there is a wp on the planet.

3. If your daring, especially in the early game, you can put armor and shields on your transport and set the capture planet strategy to not fire on planets. That will make sure that your ships don't wipe it out before they get there.