What Are Your Fleet Designs?

Chauron · #1 May 8th, 2003, 04:55 AM

lol What Slynky said

Usually when I make a fleet its because I'm in trouble and need to defend a warp point or something... so I pull whatever ships I have nearby and make a fleet lol

One thing I do is have a DN set up as either Heavy combat or Missle Boat and then put a spaceyard on it. Solves the problem of having repair ships in your fleet....

Gwaihir · #2 May 8th, 2003, 05:00 AM

Er, a space yard is a tad costly and large if you only use the repair capability . . . mightn't you want to use repair bays? (Which are stackable, too)

Baron Grazic · #3 May 8th, 2003, 08:32 AM

I'd back a Dreadnaught that uses the extra 400 tonnes for weapons over your DN with a SY.
I perfer a single ship with both a SY & multiple Repairs bays.

Dingocat85 · #4 May 8th, 2003, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by Gwaihir:
Er, a space yard is a tad costly and large if you only use the repair capability . . . mightn't you want to use repair bays? (Which are stackable, too)

If you only use the repair capability, yeah...but Space Yards can also Analyze captured ships, and they can retrofit other ships, including themself...which means you could actually update your fleet with new technology you just discovered, without having to retreat back to a Planetary Space Yard

Example:
Your fleet is packed with 'Wave-Motion Gun I' weaponry, and you capture a ship with Wave-Motion II technology. You could Analyze it, update your Wave-Motion I weapons, and repair the updated components - all from the Ship's Space Yard

Dingocat85 · #5 May 8th, 2003, 12:06 PM

I always try to have 1 or 2 'Point-Defence Ships' in my fleet, which are just ships with a Shield or two, and as many point-defence cannons as I can muster. Invaluable when fighting Empires that use Missiles &/or Fighters up the wazoo

Xaren Hypr · #6 May 9th, 2003, 01:08 AM

I typically include one SY ship in my fleets and a couple of dedicated Repair Yard ships, usually with 2 or 3 repair comps. That way I can repair battle (or nasty WP) damage, produce some extra units during a break, or even another ship or two if the layover is going to be extensive....a run in with an AI using an obscene number of Ionic Dispersers tought me that one

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Gryphin · #7 May 9th, 2003, 01:48 AM

Couple of points:

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Originally posted by Dingocat85:
I always try to have 1 or 2 'Point-Defence Ships' in my fleet, which are just ships with a Shield or two, and as many point-defence cannons as I can muster. Invaluable when fighting Empires that use Missiles &/or Fighters up the wazoo

Yes these are nice to have around:
Don't forget to include a direct fire weapon or they will run for the corners.

Repair Bays:
Most of the comments about using these make it fairly clear they are good for retrofitting but don't include them with the thought of repairing ships as most battles end with very few ships worth repairing.