Disabling Fighters

[PeterD]

I try to play on hard/high bonus but unless I
disable fighters (and therefore I guess carriers)
I get overwhelmed very early.

Does anyone know if disabling fighters causes
the AI any problems?

[Ed Kolis]

Slaughtered by fighters, eh? Ever tried researching point-defense? Makes mincemeat of the little buggers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif (You need level 1 of Military Science first.)

[Yef]

Yes, point defense and sensors.

I always build frigates full of only PDCs, to fend off the enemy fighters.

Also, on the fighter's strategy, make sure it says "Target first: Fighters", so your fighters engage the enemy fighters first, instead of going for the Capital ships.

And build tons of fighters yourself. You don't need shipyard facilities for that.

Everytime you a planet with an orbiting moon, put the moon to work full time on fighters, which will be placed on the big planet when the moon storage its full. I even have a moon called "FighterTown". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ April 02, 2004, 20:15: Message edited by: Yef ]

[Ed Kolis]

Don't you have to put at least one "real" weapon on your dedicted PDC ships in order to get them to target anything at all?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

yep.

[Slick]

He's probably playing tactical combat. In strategic combat, you are right; ships with only PDC are viewed by the game engine as "without weapons" so they run like a girlie during combat. That is solved by giving them at least one "weapon". No offense to girlies... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Slick.

[PeterD]

Thanks for the help, I had built ships with
only PD weapons.