| Re: How to catch cloaked sweepers? |
Fri, 24 July 2009 13:03   |
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| PaulCr |
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Looks like you are in a difficult position since they have tachyons which rule out cloaked ship options. I can think of a few options, the first is to go cheap, ie lots of RNA frigates with cheap engine which can see 98% cloaked ships out to 9 lys and cover 254 ly2, 2 RNAs=10 lys or 314 ly2, 3=12 lys or 452 lys2, 4=13lys or 530lys2 which is about twice the area of the single RNA version.
You could also put minelayers on the 1 & 2 RNA FFs though, it increases the cost of them quite a bit but generates lots of tiny minefields which are harder to clear. Rather than lots of tiny fields you could place them in an existing bigger field so that they add to it but if your opponent does sweep the field then they put up a 12ly radius (24ly) diameter field instead since they lay after sweeping.
Another option is to go expensive, ie a galleon with 8 elephant (22 lys, 1520 lys2) which covers nearly 6 times the area of the single RNA frigate so you won't need as many, a nubian would be better but I don't have a game available to try out a design at the moment.
The last option I can think of at the moment is to decide it is too expensive to try and stop him sweeping and put the resources into trying to do more damage to him than he can do to you in return.
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