I suspect this has been answered previously, but I went through a couple of pages of topics and didn't see anything, so I'm asking in a new thread. If there's a thread that already answers these questions, a link would be great.

1. As I work up my research to be able to build all fleet types, I'm wondering what sort of combat fleet I should build? Ignore some vessels all together? What ratios of the ones I should build? I'm sure there's no single correct answer, but any suggestions would be a appreciated.

2. Likewise with defenses, there are lots of different types available. Which should I concentrate on, and in what ratios? TIA

Oloros wrote:I suspect this has been answered previously, but I went through a couple of pages of topics and didn't see anything, so I'm asking in a new thread. If there's a thread that already answers these questions, a link would be great.

1. As I work up my research to be able to build all fleet types, I'm wondering what sort of combat fleet I should build? Ignore some vessels all together? What ratios of the ones I should build? I'm sure there's no single correct answer, but any suggestions would be a appreciated.
At least 30 of every ship (except deathstar of course ) then u may build whatever u like better.
2. Likewise with defenses, there are lots of different types available. Which should I concentrate on, and in what ratios? TIA

50-100 plasmas depending on your strength 10-30 thousand lightlasers. The other types of defense are not worth what they cost.

Well, I wouldnt go that way. But there's a lot of variations of combo's that work. (And FYI, don't build bombers). Alot of people for fleet build light fighters, battleship, and then either Battle cruiser or Destroyer.

For defense, Build Light laser's and plasma cannon's (Once you unlock them anyway)

Ships to not build: Bombers, Cruisers, and Heavy Fighters.

Ships to build: Battleships, Light Fighters, 1 Death Star, Destroyers

This is just my opinion, you can do whatever you'd like

Thanks so much for the recommendations!

My reccomendations

defence:

20k LL
4k ions
200-400 Plasmas
500 guass
and shield domes

This will keep almost anyone away from maybe 20 mil res and below. Remember if you fleetsave then you will only have to protect your daily production, and 5k LL ought to be enough for that.

Fleeting is different. BC are good to minimise losses. DD are good for sheer firepower. BS are cheap and give you a lot of bang ffor your buck. LF are overrated in my opinion. As sloth said, 1 RIP to raid.

ya flet depends on wat u want in it and wat for but for defences check my topic



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here is my recommedations

for defense build few thousand light lasers with shields just to protect res production overnight lasers are the best defense and the are very cheap unless you want to be a turtle dont need any other defense

for fleet 2 choices either a fleet of battleships or a fleet of light fighters with deathstar for fleetsaving (later in game build more deathstars for moon popping)
once battle engine sorted battlecruisers will be very good too (or should be)

get 19 colonies and level up your mines high and nanites too

and dont build storage on moons

OneWingedAngel wrote:here is my recommedations

for defense build few thousand light lasers with shields just to protect res production overnight lasers are the best defense and the are very cheap unless you want to be a turtle dont need any other defense

for fleet 2 choices either a fleet of battleships or a fleet of light fighters with deathstar for fleetsaving (later in game build more deathstars for moon popping)
once battle engine sorted battlecruisers will be very good too (or should be)

get 19 colonies and level up your mines high and nanites too

and dont build storage on moons

I agree with this, except for building an entire BS fleet. With RF, BS fleets will not be as effective as before and become almost a strong fodder. The dessie will be deadly, the BC will be needed now.

OneWingedAngel wrote: for defense build few thousand light lasers with shields just to protect res production overnight lasers are the best defense and the are very cheap unless you want to be a turtle dont need any other defense

I strongly disagree. Having lasers on their own will do nothing, they put up about as much fight as a dead slug.

Put some PC behind the lasers and it's a different story. You MUST include something to actually deal some damage out, otherwise people will simply wade through your lasers without a second thought.

-Istalris-