Re: Jst droneing on
Well, I have to say thta my opinion of drones has seriously changed from my more recent experiences. They can be amazing if used as support fire or in large (10+) numbers as anti-fleet or anti-planet IPBM's.
One system that hasen't been mentioned in this thread that I've found really strong is to mix drones with fighters for an attack. A few drones and a decently sized wing of small fighters can really solve almost any home-defence problem and it costs 0 maitenance as a world defence.
Basically, the enemy gets put in a prisoners delimma where they get a turn to either fire on the drones (thus leaving the fighters unscathed) or shoot at fighters and absorb the drones. Either way, they're pretty hosed and the cost in building 8 small drones and 80 small fighters is less then the 3 dreadnaughts they can defeat.
Also, these little buggers really shine in limited resource games, which I'm starting to play for logistic reasons. (much more intence, and you really find a use for those storage facilities when you have to make all the resources count!) Can the AI handle limited resources? I haven't gotten to far into the game yet and I'm worried that he'll produce himself to death.
Chris Woods
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