Formations - what's your strategy

[Erax]

Hey, use it to your advantage. Build some heavily armored/shielded weaponless ships and let them soak up initial fire. Give your real support ships one weapon to make sure they start in formation.

[Q]

Originally posted by Grandpa Kim:

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Originally posted by Skulky:
Leader Position Xpos := 10
Leader Position Ypos := 9
Leader Design Type := Any
Number of positions := 59
Position 1 Xpos := 9
Position 1 Ypos := 10
Position 1 Type := Any

What does the type entry mean? can you give a certain type of ship a certain position?

The type entry describes the type of design of the ship. IE. attack ship, defense ship, carrier, mine sweeper, etc. I have tried entering specific types on this line with no luck. The game seems to put in whatever it pleases.

Kim

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A very old post but I did not find a newer one about this problem. I have observed the same as Kim: the ship types seem to be ignored. Anyone knows something else??
Another observation I made: Ships with no weapons at all (no point defense too) are placed outside the formation and at random at the beginning of the combat. Sometimes with deadly consequences!