Home World Forum
Stars! AutoHost web forums

 Jump to Stars! AutoHost

 
 
Home » Primary Racial Traits » SS » Gateable overcloakers
Re: Gateable overcloakers Tue, 07 December 2004 08:26 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Kotk

 
Commander

Messages: 1227
Registered: May 2003
Oki i try once more then. Laughing

Is the stars game all about skirmishing and such? Confused Sure i use cloaked rogues too for scanning, sweeping, minelaying or picking up salvo. Sometimes even kill a freighter, scout or minelayer. Nod Rogue got uselessly lot elec slots anyway and additional capasitor helps no much against its usual target. Sure i can sometimes merge some fueler or orbit checking chaff to it. But thats no overcloaker there. Thats not "putting cloaks on warship". Thats special purpose ship, rogue. Real battles dont occur with rogues.

What my point was that SS cant get somewhere just by skirmishing around with some DD-s merged to a jihad rogue and pretend hes stronger than he looks he is. SS is in hole with RW points and usually pays it with econ or tech. So to get somewhere SS has to grab more planets and so it has to actually be agressive not defensive. It has to not "look like stronger than it is" it has to be real pain in the bottom to get as strong as it looks. Wink Even after few successful capaigns its still only reaching up to the score of bigger guys.

SS who wants to win has usually to be agressive uphill. It is sometimes possible taking sidekick role for some bigger neighbour and pass him later. Other guys gather their fleets of 100 BB-s and try to get upper hand by gating around along border like multilis suggests. Theres no point in doing it with SS. Whats the point gating threateningly around with stuff that no one does see? SS can do lot of unexpected damage (and sometimes get nice bounty) with fleets like 10-12 BB-s + chaff and bombers.

Overcloaking these 12 BB-s with a rogue skirmishers or putting there some cloaks to a BB are all bad ideas. That crap cost too lot and you dont need so lot of these rogues anyway. So build sole 1200kt BB (load it with cheap armor and torpedoes) and all your little 12 jugger BB-s fleet is 95% cloaked for relative small additional cost. Your BB-s are good ones not some weakened up crap. Take few minelayer rogues with to ensure minefields ...

[ Show the rest of the message ]

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]
 
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Previous Topic: Some old strategies for SS
Next Topic: Robbing planets
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Tue May 14 03:16:48 EDT 2024
.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Powered by: FUDforum 3.0.3.
Copyright ©2001-2011 FUDforum Bulletin Board Software