defense

[Zarix]

Originally posted by gravey101:
I have never seen planetary defences able to stop a decent fleet. For warp point static defences I will use some mines again, and maybe medium sized satellites.

I have stopped quite large fleets with weapon platform traps. I usually leave most of my planets protected with only few mines. Then I fill a large or huge breathable planet with WPs. The WPs have to be large to be efficient but it is quite cheap to reseach WPs. Large WPs have a big range and chance-to-hit bonus.

For warp points some drones and few mines is enough to cripple a very large attacking fleet. The defending drones start combat very close to enemy and they ram on the first combat turn. A very large amount of point defence is needed if you want to go through the warp point.