Shielded fighter tactics, a new secret weapon???

[Warlord Adamus]

Also in the latest Version fighters and Point defense have been reworked heavily so that fighters are more survivable.

[Seawolf]

Another point with fighters, you determine the number of fighters in a group. If you fighting a enemy with low combat sensors he can only fire at 1 or 3 targets per ship. make multi small Groups of fighters and they won't be able to target them all.


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Seawolf on the prowl

[Instar]

When you launch fighters, try using launching in Groups. I think its better than launching en masse
Two reasons:
More mobility
If going up against a PDC, you can only lose one group at a time

[Rover]

Thanks guys for the input. All are good points.

[Rover]

Whopps!!

[This message has been edited by Rover (edited 17 November 2000).]

[Rover]

Thanks guys for the input. All are good points.
I guess I mout sound like I'm a newbe. I think the biggest mistake was putting question marks at the end of the top. I Also think I wasn't being very specific in getting my point across.

So let me try to state it more plainly.

The purpose of placing a lot of shields on a fighter design is so that,that type of fighter in a large group of fighters could substain a lot of damage and the life of that group would be substained throuhout the entire combat,in its assigned mission (reason why I design it in the first place) of flying around enemy ships and causing an automatic respone from the point defense cannons on ships in an enemy fleet. So that other fighters which were in bigger Groups (which cause lots more damage to a ship that way. which was how I was able to bet 18 cruisers in about 6 turns to no losses to my regular fighter force, AI of course)With greater speed (minus shields) could move for an attack and do as much damage as 50 fighters in a group could do. Or to allow missiles to hit their targets without being shot down by point defense.

I hope this makes it more plain.
Rover

[Lupusman]

One idea for strategic, is to give the shielded fighters one extra engine so they get to the enemy before the other ones. But it depends on how they get launched though.