Fighters?

[Keego7237]

do i need to launch the fighters on a planet to defend it or can they be in the cargo

[cshank2]

Havta be launched as with drones and sattelites and mines

[Spoo]

I believe fighters in cargo will launch themselves during combat. At least they used to.

[Baron Grazic]

Fighters & Weapon Platforms will defend the Planet if in storage. Mines, Satellites & Drones dont.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
Fighters & Weapon Platforms will defend the Planet if in storage. Mines, Satellites & Drones dont.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Drones do. Mines and Satellites don't.

[Baron Grazic]

Knew I shouldn't have mentioned drones, not owning Gold. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[ September 04, 2002, 02:30: Message edited by: Baron Grazic ]

[tesco samoa]

Nodachi has come up with a nice drone tatic... Drone Ramming ships.. Very effective... if your planet is being blockaded by a ship set to do not get hurt

[AJC]

Heavily armored Fighter ramming ships are good too.
Takes care of those pesky little Groups of fighters.. pretty darn well, kind of cheesy though..

I still think that you should not be able to ram fighters and drones.

[sparhawk]

So to get it right, fighter will launch automatic from cargo on a attack of that planet???yes or no

Sparhawk

[Mephisto]

Originally posted by sparhawk:
So to get it right, fighter will launch automatic from cargo on a attack of that planet???yes or no

Sparhawk<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, they will launch from cargo.

[Grandpa Kim]

Sparhawk, I'd give you more info on the subject if you would only submit to Subjegation. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Till then, I know what you are up to. LOL

Kim

[sparhawk]

"ARGG. We have the enemy in visual range sire."

Well Grand Kim, that's not nice, Its only a game.
and how should you know what I'm up to.
Hell, maybe I planning to destroy my ally and join you...

Sparhawk

[Grandpa Kim]

Hell, maybe I planning to destroy my ally and join you... <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ahh! Now you are showing wisdom beyond your years... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Puke]

all my wisdom is behind my ears. thats why i dont wash there.

[Grandpa Kim]

Originally posted by Puke:
all my wisdom is behind my ears. thats why i dont wash there.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Grandpa Kim's Pick Your Own Snappy Comeback (and travelling espresso maker):

a) So Mote it be!
b) Only a thin veneer....
c) I'm only a wiseass. Does that mean.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif
d) Only one with a true three star rating could expound so eloquently.

[Nodachi]

Tesco, that wasn't a strategy, that was desperation. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

I do want to point out something about drones and fighters, though. If you intend to use them for defense be sure that the game settings have been changed from the default 1000 units to something a little more reasonable. 1000 may seem like a lot at the begining of the game but once you've got a large empire you'll find yourself unable to launch due to sats and mines you've placed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Fighters will combat launch, even if that would temporarily put the race over the units in space limit.
The fighters return to the surface after combat anyways.

If by some chance, the planet were destroyed and the fighters survived, then you would have more than the limit in space until some get killed off or land.

[Q]

Originally posted by Nodachi:
So the unit limit mainly affects trying to lay too many mines or sats. That's good, but I still think 1000 is too low. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You can permenantly change this in the settings file.

[Nodachi]

Thanks SJ! I did not know that.

So the unit limit mainly affects trying to lay too many mines or sats. That's good, but I still think 1000 is too low. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif