Questions about grouping/fleets

from Sins Forums

Hey guys. :)

I saw mention by one of the more advanced players in another thread that they don't use fleets. And I thought about my own playing and thought gee, I only use fleets...maybe that's why I suck. :)

So, my question is what should I be doing?  I mean, I use fleets in order to group a cap ship or two with a variety of other support craft.  I find it easier to move around the map that way.  However, I am often annoyed by the little tics of fleets, like not attacking unless the cap is attacking or strange grouping habits or whatever.  I guess, maybe I should have come to the conclusion that fleets are bad ealier, but I've always been a bit slow in the melon. ;)

What are your tips for how I should, say, manage what I would make as an early fleet--a Mothership, Radiance, a few flaks, a few LF, a few LRM, and 2 or three guardians.

Thanks for your help!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I don't usually use the formal "fleet" feature, early game all of my ships are the fleet, mid game I just keep what would be my seperate fleets in different gravity wells (so you can just select all of the ships in the gravity well and give orders like that), and late game I am constantly combining, replacing, and disbanding fleets anyway so I just macro it. While I don't think fleets are necisarrily a bad thing, learning to play without them certainly helps you learn to macro better which is what really sets the great player apart.

 

As for specific ship tips, the Advent often form what is called the "battle ball" with Illums forming the exterior of the ball and gaurdians and a mothership forming the core, allowing all of the ships to be able to benifit from shield projection and shield restore. However, that was before the recent patch, so such a tight formation is probably not as good of an idea anymore, but I still try to keep my ships in shield restore range. This is especially important for the guardians, so I usually have them follow the around (select the guardians and right click on the mothership).

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

The only problem with the actual fleet feature is that you only really command the fleet leader ship, the rest follow that ship around like lost puppies. Always trying to reform their formation instead of shooting the ships shooting at them. Its easier to use ctrl groups as a fleet feature.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

you can still keep your "fleet" together without using the Create Fleet button. Just click on your faction icon next to the grouping of ships that you want to manuver together. theyll simply act as a fleet together and wont have all the hangups of the Fleet option.