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Re: Insight for New Players

Wed, 10 December 2008 13:43

Eagle of Fire

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I am not an experienced player, but IT is by far my favorite primary... Which I almost exclusively used since about 10 years.

The best way to keep your fleet from exceeding the weight limit is to remove armor and to install shields instead. The main point is always, do you actually need armor on that particular design?

For example, keeping in mind that we are talking about a quick-strike model with gating capability in mind... If you have to overgate your ship, then it will take damage. And since the whole point is quick defense, you will consider overgating instead of losing a planet... Often, that damage will be roughly proportional to the advantage difference between having that extra armor versus shields.

This lead to the conclusion that it is both wasted resources and minerals unless you play on a very tight universe or you know outright that installing shields instead of armor will lead to your ships getting destroyed early.

This "shields instead of armor" trick is usually way more useful early on.

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		Insight for New Players By: Mynd on Wed, 10 December 2008 13:03
		Re: Insight for New Players By: vonKreedon on Wed, 10 December 2008 13:13
		Re: Insight for New Players By: Eagle of Fire on Wed, 10 December 2008 13:43
		Re: Insight for New Players By: skoormit on Wed, 10 December 2008 16:07
		Re: Insight for New Players By: Coyote on Wed, 10 December 2008 16:39
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