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Early skirmishers

Sat, 02 July 2011 15:16

Void

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It's very early game - first 20 years, max - and you're pushing outwards to define your territory. What ships do you use to ensure your colonising/replenishing fleets arrive safely and to engage the errant enemy scout, coloniser, or transport? I'm not looking to attack planets with these; just engage ships.

Here are some obvious choices. When would you use each? How would you configure them? When would you stop using one and start using another?

Scout
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Scouts don't seem to be useful for much of anything from a warship standpoint. They're too slow to even reach a target, and even if they do, only a light, unshielded ship could possibly succumb.

Destroyer
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Early DDs look great for escorting colonising/replenishing fleets (both from a fuel and defense perspective). Whether weapons tech is at 0 (laser), 3 (x-ray), or 6 (Yak), a destroyer's 200dp of armor makes it robust and it's fairly configurable.

Question: Do you normally place two or three beams on a DD hull? If two, what do you put in the GP slot? What about

Question: At what weapons tech do you normally starting building up Construction in order to get to frigates and cruisers?

Frigate
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With any kind of energy tech these are cheaper to produce than DDs and offer the same firepower (albeit less dp).

Questions: Are Yaks effective? Are Bazooka's best? Are Colloidals' better range worth the cost on a FF?

Other - What other hulls do/can people use in the very early game?

Cheers,
Void

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		Early skirmishers By: Void on Sat, 02 July 2011 15:16
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Greenstink on Sat, 02 July 2011 15:57
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Eagle of Fire on Sat, 02 July 2011 18:59
		Re: Early skirmishers By: magic9mushroom on Sun, 03 July 2011 05:44
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Sun, 03 July 2011 13:53
		Re: Early skirmishers By: iztok on Mon, 04 July 2011 04:18
		Re: Early skirmishers By: m.a@stars on Mon, 04 July 2011 07:36
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Mon, 04 July 2011 11:15
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Mon, 04 July 2011 11:12
		Re: Early skirmishers By: m.a@stars on Mon, 04 July 2011 17:57
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Mon, 04 July 2011 22:29
		Re: Early skirmishers By: magic9mushroom on Tue, 05 July 2011 07:09
		Re: Early skirmishers By: goober on Sun, 03 July 2011 06:08
		Re: Early skirmishers By: magic9mushroom on Sun, 03 July 2011 06:56
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Sun, 03 July 2011 14:03
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Sun, 03 July 2011 13:59
		Re: Early skirmishers By: iztok on Sun, 03 July 2011 08:54
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Eagle of Fire on Mon, 04 July 2011 15:45
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Eagle of Fire on Wed, 06 July 2011 16:09
		Re: Early skirmishers By: m.a@stars on Wed, 06 July 2011 23:03
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Wed, 06 July 2011 23:11
		Re: Early skirmishers By: gible on Thu, 07 July 2011 03:20
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Wed, 06 July 2011 23:09
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Altruist on Tue, 26 July 2011 01:59
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Altruist on Tue, 26 July 2011 02:01
		Re: Early skirmishers By: iztok on Tue, 26 July 2011 04:06
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Tue, 26 July 2011 08:41
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Altruist on Tue, 26 July 2011 10:13
		Re: Early skirmishers By: iztok on Tue, 26 July 2011 15:44
		(long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: Altruist on Tue, 26 July 2011 22:42
		Re: (long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: Void on Wed, 27 July 2011 10:20
		Re: (long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: Void on Wed, 27 July 2011 12:33
		Re: (long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: Altruist on Wed, 27 July 2011 13:23
		Re: (long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: Void on Wed, 27 July 2011 13:33
		Re: (long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: Altruist on Wed, 27 July 2011 13:46
		Re: (long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: Void on Wed, 27 July 2011 14:25
		Re: (long:) DDs vs frigates - Operational Stars by Example By: iztok on Wed, 27 July 2011 15:41
		Re: Early skirmishers By: goober on Tue, 26 July 2011 16:27
		Re: Early skirmishers By: m.a@stars on Tue, 26 July 2011 19:20
		Re: Early skirmishers By: goober on Wed, 27 July 2011 04:25
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Wed, 27 July 2011 09:10
		Re: Early skirmishers By: m.a@stars on Wed, 27 July 2011 14:13
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Eagle of Fire on Wed, 27 July 2011 08:33
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Void on Wed, 27 July 2011 09:12
		Re: Early skirmishers By: Eagle of Fire on Wed, 27 July 2011 11:06

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