Base and satellite placement

[Puke]

bases and sats are placed near by a planet, slightly randomly, but always on the far side away from the attacker. presumeably because the attacker can pick his angle of approach, but there has been much *****ing and debate about that in the past.

you can increase your coverage by building multiple bases, and some may end up on the near side of the planet, if you have enough. sats always end up in a single stack.

any warp point defenders, be they ships or bases or whatever, appear near the warp point if the enemy is coming through it. they also get the first shot! warp points are handy things to defend! if someone is approaching the warp point from the near side, i think you just start out at opposite ends of the map.

[JurijD]

I see...because in the simulator if you put on a planet and a few bases they get placed randomly across the map.

I hope you're sure about this.

[Suicide Junkie]

The simulator does not include all aspects of battle. It can give you an idea of what your ships can do, but real combat is always different.

[geoschmo]

In the next patch, giving a player planets or bases in the simulator combat will cause them to be placed in the center, as well as all their ships.

[JurijD]

I see... so if you have say 10 bases they are all spread around the planet in a sort of "orbit" or what?

[Renegade 13]

Basically, yes.

[Fyron]

No. They are grouped near the planet, but not spread evenly. It is possible to have them all in one bunch on one side of the planet. Having more increases the chance of having some on the side that you are being attacked on, but there is no guarantee.