What is your favorite SE4 feature?

Phoenix-D · #1 January 21st, 2002, 09:05 AM

"If you could stack ship - imagine being able to set up Groups of ships - like fighters in a group."

Hmm. Personally I'd be against this idea. I like the limitations not being able to stack ships imposed on manuvering. (I played SE3 as well, so I do know how it works otherwise).

Phoenix-D

AJC · #2 January 22nd, 2002, 01:37 AM

Stacking in combat.
What if it was an option in the setup of the game...?

To avoid the SE3 movement woes - allow the ships to be grouped in combat - like a fighter group.
that would be great
- A battleship could have support ships that stuck around and actually supported it! Not run off during the battle like they do today..

Create a fleet - with Groups of ships instead of individual ships. This would solve the task forces within a fleet concept that people have been asking for.

[ 21 January 2002: Message edited by: AJC ]

Phoenix-D · #3 January 22nd, 2002, 04:13 AM

"A battleship could have support ships that stuck around and actually supported it! Not run off during the battle like they do today.."

Not sure why you'd want that except maybe for point-defense ships (which can be made to stay with the other ships). All my other support ships- cargo ships, tankers, repair ships, construction yards, etc- would probably be better off staying away from combat.

Phoenix-D

tesco samoa · #4 January 22nd, 2002, 04:17 AM

cargo ships , tankers and colony ships should ram baby ram. Their only gonna die anyway.

Phoenix-D · #5 January 22nd, 2002, 04:30 AM

Hmm. I sometimes include those ships in my fleets, so for me they need to go hide in the corner while the REAL fighters do the dirty work

Phoenix-D

Suicide Junkie · #6 January 22nd, 2002, 05:11 AM

I think he meant "support" as in escorts that would actually escort a Dreadnaught (or troop carrier) during combat, though you'd probably use light cruisers instead of escorts

[ 22 January 2002: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]

AJC · #7 January 22nd, 2002, 06:11 AM

If you could create Groups of ships so certain ships stay together in combat. Then just like you can with fighter Groups in the game now; place those ship Groups into fleets and assign a formation and strategy.

By support I meant - Groups of ships specifically designed to compliment each others abilities in combat and are more effective as a team if they stay in close proximity to each other.