newby's guide to ship and fleet strategy

[Quikngruvn]

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Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:

In fact it doesn't work. My favorite Ram ship design (recently) is a ship full of organic armor 3 which is almost indestructable. It does not go over to ram strategy even when it is trapped in a corner.

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Mine own (limited) observation with kamikaze ships: in desperation, I designed and built several destroyers with a couple of warheads, and set primary and secondary strategies to Ram. Most of the time they just danced around... until my other ships finally knocked down the shields of an enemy ship. Then the kamikaze ships rammed like there was no tomorrow (which, as it turned out, there wasn't!).

So I think a ramming ship will not ram a ship with shields. I have not tested this, but it is food for thought....

One other thought about the 'killer escorts'... with three engines per ship, looks like you'll have speed and supply issues. More specifically, a lack of both. But it definitely would make for a nasty early defensive fleet....

Quikngruvn