Kantay -> How to efficiently guard your empire against pirate attacks? (6/1/2014 7:59:54 PM)
|
I need some tips on how to defend my empire against pirate attacks. I tried several things, none of them seemed to work. When I get to 10+ colonies, it just stops being manageable by hand and I need SOME way to automate it, but nothing I have tried seemed to work, not even decently. 1) I built a ton of ships and set them all on auto. They spend most of the time (and precious fuel) just flying from place to place, doing absolutely nothing, which of course NEVER makes them be where the pirates strike (colonies, mining stations). Also they absolutely don't care that a construction ship can't build a station because of a Kaltor. 2) making small fleets and placing them on each colony with the "defend" posture. This actually helps with defending the actual colony, but again, even when they have range set to nearby systems, they totally ignore attacks on ships and bases in the area. they just sit on their home planet. I had those fleets on auto and range was "nearby systems". At 20+ colonies, it was a mess to find a fleet I needed in the fleet tab. 3) Building shields and weapons on everything. This totaly ruins the private sector, also doesn't really help. The pirates raid a colony anyway, even if there is a base there, and if they come in sufficient numbers, they can trash any decently armed mine anyway. So what am I doing wrong? And what could I be doin better? thanks for any advice, because this part of the game drives me crazy sometimes, how stupid the ship AI is
|
|
|
|