Splitting a fleet in two ... there must be an easy way ?

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I find myself routinely ending up with one huge mass of ships at a planet... and seeing the AI's coming from different directions i know i need to split it and defend two hotspots quick.

yet i've found no easy way to accomplish this other than click/dragging and selecting a few here a few there and just hoping they were divided equally. who knows if i got any missile ships in there or flak boats... just keeping my fingers crossed it will work out cause its way too many ships to sort through.

is there an easier way or is this something the devs are gonna address ?
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Well, fleets tend to get into formations when they move - same type of ships are grouped together, some ships hang to the back while others at the front, etc. If find yourself with a messy fleet tell them to move to a spot nearby, they'll form up and then it's easier to select them.

I however tend to split the fleets right from start. Once I get a second capital ship I usual designate it as a fleet (of one as it were) and then move to another planet. Then any ships produced there would get assigned to it automatically, and ditto for any ships produced on another planet (i.e. they'll get assigned to it when they arrive there) as long as they don't get assigned to another fleet before arriving at this planet.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
you can do it via the empire management tree, make sure units are shown as stacked, then it shows you units by type with a number (up to 10 per icon) and you can easily select which units you want as one fleet and which you want as the other.

the icons when stacked look like the bottom left of this picture.





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