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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Automated ships that take damage will leave the fleet to repair. If fleet automation is on, they will be pulled back into the fleet (or another replacement will be) when ready. If you are running your fleets manually, you need to keep track of their fuel and damage.

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I really think many of the problems and complaints people are having with the game are because the whole automation AI, such an important and innovative feature, is simply not documented at all and people are unknowingly fighting against it instead of working with it.

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If you have Fleet Automation on, you can create a new fleet but you will be asked if you want to turn off automation. If you say Yes, then you can create a new fleet - and more. If you say no, it will create the fleet you suggested, but remove the current fleet (or a-nother fleet).

In the example I saw, I said no to turning off automation and it created 2nd Fleet...but when I looked, 1st Fleet had gone. Kind of makes sense - if I say "No - leave automation on" then why wouldn't it get rid of my other fleet as it deems it surplus to requirement.

I'm going to leave fleet automation on for a bit and see how it manages.

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ORIGINAL: Nemo84


This makes manual fleet control pretty much impossible in larger empires, as players would need to constantly hunt after ships to keep their fleets intact during warfare.

Though reading this, I think many of us might be misinterpreting the fleet automation option. Can you state exactly what fleet automation AI will and will not do? Will it alter, move or disband player-created fleets? Does it treat the ships in a fleet differently whether they are automated or not? Will it create fleets containing non-automated ships? Will it create fleets to attack enemy systems, and is this dependant on the "Attacks against Enemies" option setting?

I really think many of the problems and complaints people are having with the game are because the whole automation AI, such an important and innovative feature, is simply not documented at all and people are unknowingly fighting against it instead of working with it.

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Automated ships that take damage will leave the fleet to repair. If fleet automation is on, they will be pulled back into the fleet (or another replacement will be) when ready. If you are running your fleets manually, you need to keep track of their fuel and damage.

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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

If you have Fleet Automation on, you can create a new fleet but you will be asked if you want to turn off automation. If you say Yes, then you can create a new fleet - and more. If you say no, it will create the fleet you suggested, but remove the current fleet (or a-nother fleet).

In the example I saw, I said no to turning off automation and it created 2nd Fleet...but when I looked, 1st Fleet had gone. Kind of makes sense - if I say "No - leave automation on" then why wouldn't it get rid of my other fleet as it deems it surplus to requirement.

I'm going to leave fleet automation on for a bit and see how it manages.

As for this

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I really think many of the problems and complaints people are having with the game are because the whole automation AI, such an important and innovative feature, is simply not documented at all and people are unknowingly fighting against it instead of working with it.

I agree. That was my initial thought...that I was fighting against the feature...but purely through lack of understanding of what exactly it was doing.

Again with my example, I left Fleet Automation on so it disbanded 1st Fleet - like I said, I guess it thought it was a surplus fleet.

It's probably down to my own play style. I like to be very hands on. I like knowing where everything is. I'll position fleets in strategic locations so they can zip between systems if danger appears. I don't think I've given the AI fleet control a fair crack tbh...so I will do that and see what gives.