strategy & tactics

Fyron · #1 July 13th, 2004, 06:53 PM

And don't forget the ultimate gaminess, the art of Min-Maxing the Empire.

Might as well get started on the right foot!

[ July 13, 2004, 17:54: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Newborn · #2 July 14th, 2004, 04:28 PM

once again it is on me to thank all of you for your postings!

special thankx goes to Ed Kolis, Imperator Fyron for their hinds concerning fleet strategy and minmax settings! a great help for me!

i disagree with Slynky! i will not change my forumname and like to ask him how he started playing se4?

regards, tobi

Atrocities · #3 July 14th, 2004, 07:34 PM

I made this topic a Sticky for new players to find.

also read this thead HERE for more tactics and strategies.

also read this thread HERE for more tactics and strategies.

[ July 14, 2004, 18:36: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Fyron · #4 July 14th, 2004, 08:58 PM

Can we please reduce the number of sticky threads? It is getting out of hand...

primitive · #5 July 14th, 2004, 09:07 PM

Seconded.
First real post is rolling of the opening page.

Mephisto · #6 July 15th, 2004, 07:09 AM

Atrocities, you could link to this thread in "New Members Please Look Here".

Newborn · #7 July 16th, 2004, 02:28 PM

hi!

it is me once again. got very helpful hints and answers from various members, whom i like to thank a lot. their answers made me reading a lot in the forum the related links so that i got some more detailed questions ...

i still try to understand fleet combat and how to design a powerfull fleet. my opponents in the game are using PPB, CSM and PD combined with the talisman and boarding parties.

- when it comes to combat, who is starting first? is it the defender?

- is there an order in which weapons are fired during combat?

- the same with ships in a fleet: is the order of ships in a fleet important for success and the choosen formation?

- do the talisman make combat sensors useless an a waste of space in my hulls?

- i like to design a fleet with medium and long range firepower because at the moment my favourite weapon is the PPB V and PD V. my enemies as i pointed out also prefer the PPB and PD. so what kind of long range weapons are usefull in your opinions? -maybe torpedos (not hit with PD?), shild depleters or the APB?

- is it an advantage to build SY-bases at the early beginning of a game? if yes, how many will do best? the other players build a LOT (about 10) of them at the beginning.

this game is really fascinating but horrible difficult! anyway thanks all of you for your mentorship!!

best regards, tobi aka newborn