Breaking formation

Ruatha · #1 November 27th, 2002, 06:25 PM

I made a startegy called Break formation and use it frequently.
As I want' some ships to capture other ships, some to try to capture the planet, some to ram and some to go optimum fare range and some to not get hurt.
As most of my ships have heavy weapons regardless of their real task 8capture ships/planets, fighter carrer) I dont want them to stay out of the fight.

Stone Mill · #2 November 27th, 2002, 06:33 PM

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If you've captured the Last of a particular design your enemy had, he may even change that ship's strategy to "don't get hurt" or something

Yes, nasty indeed. You can counter this, however.

Remember, you can retrofit captured ships to a design you have control over. Always travel with a spaceyard handy.

capnq · #3 November 27th, 2002, 10:50 PM

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is Break Formation is useful?

Depending on the situation, anywhere from somewhat harmful to critically important.

I've seen fleets destroyed because they weren't breaking from a cluttered formation, and other times that ships were lost because they broke formation.

On average, I think it's better to break than not to.

Taera · #4 November 28th, 2002, 01:51 AM

i'll keep that in mind. recently i've been very annoyed with the formations.

Grandpa Kim · #5 November 28th, 2002, 02:25 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Stone Mill:

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Remember, you can retrofit captured ships to a design you have control over. Always travel with a spaceyard handy.

Wow! This I did not know! Gotta try it next opportunity.

Kim

Stone Mill · #6 November 28th, 2002, 02:43 AM

Glad you like the idea...

You don't even have to wait for repairs to be done... (whoops, that's secret info).

Anyway, don't get TOO excited. If the ship has special racial tech components (or any advanced tech components) your race does not posess, they will be lost in the retrofit.

Baron Grazic · #7 November 28th, 2002, 04:08 AM

A 'Break Formation' Strategy should be including in the standard Strategies. It would save people creating the strategy themselves.

What would be a nice idea is the ability to 'Copy' an Enemies Design.
It would save time in redesigning a Captured ship that you wanted to retro-fit. It would also allow you to retro-fit Racial ships that you can't repair.

IE. I capture I Crystal Ship, the ship has low-end engines with Crystal Armor. I go to the Enemy Design window, say Copy, upgrade the the Engines, save the new design and retro-fit the captured ship to the new design and repair the enginees.

I still wouldn't be able to build the ship or repair the Crystal Armour if they get destroyed, but now you could keep the ship up-to-date with the other technology.

[ November 28, 2002, 02:10: Message edited by: Baron Grazic ]