Strategic Mode Combat - Tricks, Hints, and Advise

Gorgo · #9 December 3rd, 2001, 12:06 AM

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Originally posted by dumbluck:
A couple of quick points

About formations... I don't use them anymore. I got REALLY tired of having half my missle fleet move out of firing range while the other half closes to point blank range (ouch), all because the leader decided to make a 90 degree turn! So anymore, I just mark ALL ships to break formation. That way each ship moves to the best position for IT.

I wish I could take credit for this idea, but alas, I read it somewhere here on these Boards and said to myself, "that sounds like a good idea!". I haven't looked back since. The only thing I _might be concerned about are how a carrier group would fit in to this.

[ 02 December 2001: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[ 02 December 2001: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

This sounds like a really cool idea, yet one problem comes to mind immediately - what about if you have ships with really different speeds? If you have stolen some or play a psychic race, your fast ships could have already been killed when the slower ones have just moved into range? Apart from that, it sounds great to me.