Orders

Longstreet · #1 April 11th, 2007, 05:27 PM

What is the role of Fleet Orders? Do fleet Orders over ride Task Force Orders? I posted this on the Space Empire Uninveres as well, so far not hits.

Caius

Longstreet · #2 April 13th, 2007, 05:25 PM

Looks like I'm not the only one in the dark regarding my question.

Caius

Baron Munchausen · #3 April 13th, 2007, 07:49 PM

As long as your ships are in formation, fleet orders override ship orders. If you tell the ships to 'break formation' they revert to their individual design strategies.

Longstreet · #4 April 13th, 2007, 08:37 PM

Thanks a bunch Baron Munch, there said that with out help this time.

Caius

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 April 14th, 2007, 06:07 AM

I dunno.

BlueTemplar · #6 April 14th, 2007, 06:51 PM

Yeah, it's true for task forces... but fleets?
IIRC the fleet beak up in separate task forces as soon as the combat starts... or maybe I just didn't use a Break Formation Immediately => FALSE Strategy for the fleet?

jfp3 · #7 April 17th, 2007, 09:05 PM

I had my first couple of engagements last night with a couple of ships of mine vs. single opponents (later a swarm of fighters) and I couldn't find the "Break Formation" during combat, in the combat screen icons. Am I looking in the wrong place?

This cause one ship to "follow" the leader and of course he would always stray into firing range of the enemy ship(s). In addition, there is no "visual" to show us what a formation actually looks like as in SE4. Is this something we're waiting on with a future patch?

Romulus68 · #8 April 18th, 2007, 10:36 AM

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jfp3 said:
I had my first couple of engagements last night with a couple of ships of mine vs. single opponents (later a swarm of fighters) and I couldn't find the "Break Formation" during combat, in the combat screen icons. Am I looking in the wrong place?

This cause one ship to "follow" the leader and of course he would always stray into firing range of the enemy ship(s). In addition, there is no "visual" to show us what a formation actually looks like as in SE4. Is this something we're waiting on with a future patch?

I think there are Visuals hidden in there somewhere. I beleive I saw them or am i thinking se4? huuummm.....

jfp3 · #9 April 19th, 2007, 04:27 PM

I still haven't found where I can "break formation" during a tactical action.

BlueTemplar · #10 April 24th, 2007, 02:48 AM

- Visuals are in the game help.
- Break formation should be under the "fleet orders" button, or something like that IIRC...