warfare

[thomas]

blame me for being a newbie but i still got absolutly no strategical insight in sending amounts of fleets and in combination with types of fleets

im currently in a hard ass human game , friggin silic's have a fleet of almost 1200 ships (i have almost 700 )

but my tech level is a bit better then his

what is the optimal combination of fleettypes you should send to one of your systems under siege ?


LR , LR ? Carriers ? plz in amounts

i usually just send everything i finished in a few turns to the system right in front of the problem zone and when i have some high numbers i send them in

[Mithyk]

The poll we have over at moo3mods (http://www.moo3mods.com) indicates that there is a pretty wide spread of opinions when it comes to fleet composition.

The largest number seem to handle their fleets the same way I do, however - combinations of Carriers and IF ships escorted by LR taskforces. In the initial stages of the battle the duty of the LR armadas is to stick close to your IF and carriers to destroy incoming enemy fighters and missiles. Once enemy missiles are exhausted and planetary defenses destroyed, they move forward to mop up.

On defense I favor fewer IF and Carriers and more LR. They station themselves close to the planet between it and the enemy to take out incoming missiles and fighters and provide defense until incoming missiles are exhausted, then move out to fight under the cover of the planetary guns.

On attack I use more IF and carriers - about equal numbers (3 of each). In a tough system I'll leave the transports behind and take a 4th LR armada (if the threat is enemy missiles and fighters) and a 4th Carrier Armada (if the problem is tough planetary defenses).

[Ron_Lugge]

It all seems to be personell preferences, so you'll probably have to find your own balance.

Personally, I prefer to have orbitals with loads of PD over my planets, and Carriers / IF to be heavy hitters.

[Da_Blade]

It also much depends on technology/production. In the early stages of the game i tend to use mostly SR rotilla's of 5, with some carriers and IF for planetary defenses or just some extra power.

Later i switch mostly to carriers, supported by some IF and LR task forces.