Simultanous movement question!

Testosteronos · #1 March 4th, 2001, 02:30 AM

Hi all!
I'm currently playing playing an e-mail simultanous game with two friends of mine. So far there's been no war, but now I plan to conquer a neutral race which started near me. I've done simulator tests and as long as I don't put my ships in a fleet all is well( I capture their planet and the colony ship(!), destroy their ships without losing a single one ). As soon as I create a fleet my ships destroy the colony ship(I've tried many many strategies, get losses....all in all : it sucks!!!
Now my question: When I use the shift-key to order multiple ships to the same location, will they be going one by one or unified(like a fleet)?
Thanks

mottlee · #2 March 5th, 2001, 04:16 AM

Well I will try I've not played an Email game yet and most the combat that I do I control, how ever when you pick more than 1 ship I found that the 1st move they move as a fleet then after on there own.

Hope this helps (you may already know what i just told you)

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Aussie Gamer · #3 March 5th, 2001, 04:26 AM

I having be playing two multi-player games so far and the guess that I have is that if you order them in they will go as a single ship.
They will move towards the planet one ship and space at a time until all movement has been expended.
Remember that you can only give one set of orders, "strategies", to a fleet. That's why in simulator you do so well. The fleet will either :move to max range or capture planet etc.
You can't do everything at once with a fleet.
Hope this helps you understand the combat system better.

PvK · #4 March 5th, 2001, 11:06 AM

It depends on the ships' speeds. If you shift-select them and order them to move, they'll all move to the target at their individual maximum speeds. If their speeds are all the same, they'll all travel together, but slower ships will fall behind as the turn progresses.

PvK

Testosteronos · #5 March 5th, 2001, 01:19 PM

Mmmmhh, that means my transport ship would not be able to capture the planet(all my other ships have a mov of 8, the transport only 7). But that wouldn't be that bad. My main objective is to destroy their ships and capture their colony ship. The planet can wait for one more turn.
Thanks for your help !

Is there a possibility to destoy a single component on one of your own ships? If yes I would destroy one engine on the ships of my fleet....

capnq · #6 March 5th, 2001, 11:26 PM

I haven't tested this, but I think the fleet will stay together if you set the slowest ship as the fleet leader.

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Triumvir Emphy · #7 March 5th, 2001, 11:35 PM

fleets stay together regardless of the fleet leader, that isn't what is at issue here,...

I was wondering what breaking formation has for effect on your problem with capturing a planet,...

Daynarr · #8 March 6th, 2001, 12:37 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PvK:
It depends on the ships' speeds. If you shift-select them and order them to move, they'll all move to the target at their individual maximum speeds. If their speeds are all the same, they'll all travel together, but slower ships will fall behind as the turn progresses.

PvK

This is not correct. If you select several ships with different speeds, ALL ships will move at the speed of the slowest ship (just like fleets do).

Aussie Gamer · #9 March 6th, 2001, 02:28 AM

Is that true for the button which says send all ships to this location. That was the orignal question?

capnq · #10 March 6th, 2001, 04:03 AM

Oops, I was thinking of Formations in Tactical Combat, not Fleets.

Or maybe I just wasn't thinking at all.

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