firing order during combat

[TerranC]

Even though this isnt what you are asking for, I suggest a change in tactics.

When I am playing a game I just capture it.

What I do is get a group of about 7 light cruisers and 3 Dreadnoughts and 3 transports filled to the brim with troops and use the fighting ships to destroy any ships or stations first than bombard the planets to destroy any defensive installations and capture it.

This way, you get control of a planet, you get resources from it, and won't waste ships that would usually get destroyed by Platforms or Stations in a strategic combat.

(Of course you can try Puppet Governments but that takes too long so...)

[tesco samoa]

Perhaps Max Range for your strag.

And balance your fleet out more with some planet killers ( it's cheating against the ai to just use missles ( this is due to the fact you can play on auto-pilot then)) loaded up with planetary napalm or something. Have them close on the planet and the rest attack everything else.

[gwichman]

ya i'm thinking the reason my ships became so preoccupied in this case was that i was taking out someone's homeworld that had a lot of population on it. Had it been a lesser world it probably would've rolled over it faster or not been so interested in it.