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Reply to Queston about "Catching" AI fleets in Strategy Sins Forums

It is pointless to attempt to "chase" any fleet. From my experience, all the grunt work of fighting is done by fighters and bombers. Since your fleet is no faster than his is, it is impossible to fight an opponent that doesn't intend to fight except by using fighters. All the games I have played thus come down to fighter wars. Ships exist only to bring fighters into the combat and to sit there and look impressive while the fighters kill things. Some might complain, but I find this acceptable: It

Reply to Should ships just stand completely still in battle? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I would much rather ships NOT move around except when necessary to shoot. They would almost certainly wander off someplace and get killed, and moving around randomly provides absolutely no tactical benefit, as doing so would disrupt formation cohesion and has absolutely no defensive value. Heck, I would rather FIGHTERS have the option to stand their ground and SHOOT, because often they are leaving weapons range, and thus unable to fire as often as they could, something that is rather critical wh