Understanding battle strategies...newbie question

[tbontob]

Assigning and creating battle strategies is a very confusing area for us newbies.

I think a large part of the problems lies at MM’s doorstep in that they are not clear on just how the buttons operate.

In the Strategies section of Empire Status (F4), there is a confusing array of button states...

So, can someone help me with the following…

1) a unhighlighted button is the default state & the description describes the default state...yes/no?
2) a highlighted button with no change in description is the opposite of the default state...yes/no?
3) a highlighted button with a change in description is what...the opposite of what is described?

Confused to say the least...

[tbontob]

Oh and a unlighlighted button which will change its description is not the default state...?

[capnq]

In the left column, the lighted dot is the strategy which you are currently looking at the entries for; anything you change will only affect this strategy.

On the Firing tab, Do not use type priorties = unlit; Use type before targeting = lit (this is like a light switch that has On and Off written on it; whichever message is showing is active); under Don't fire on, types that are lit will be ignored when choosing targets.

On the Launching tab, the lit entry is how many fighters your carriers and planets will try to launch in one group.

On the Formation tab, the lit types will break formation, and the unlit types won't.

Many of the default settings on Strategies are Really Bad Ideas; changing them is one of the first things I do when I assign a strategy to a design.

[tbontob]

Okay

Under the Damage tab we have a button called "Damage target until all weapons gone"

Which is the on/off state?

[Phoenix-D]

Same thing.

Phoenix-D

[Ed Kolis]

Never looked at the edit strategy window, but now that I did, I have one thought: NEEDS CANCEL BUTTON!!!