Personally, I never use fighters in any of my games. Don't like 'em, though I'm not sure why. I can usually manage to beat the AI at max bonus, etc, simply by expanding as far as I can with my initial colony ship wave, finding a couple good chokepoints for my defensive fleets, and researching as fast as humanly possible. This way I can devote a lot of my planets to research while still having enough systems to maintain a good enough fleet to hold back the AI. Once you have all the requisite techs to build some nasty ships, it's easy enough to go wipe the floor with the AI...the only problem is surviving until you get the techs you need! It can be interesting...
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Re: fighters in the early stage
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