How to kill 200+ 800 ton FACs?

[MoonDragon]

Would X-ray warheads be a good solution for the starswarm?

[Charlie Beeler]

Would X-ray warheads be a good solution for the starswarm?

That will function if you have them.  Thier armor isn't segnificantly thick though.

The main problem most run into is the ability to see them from far enough away to engage them before they can close to beam range.  

For myself,  I tend to have my scout configured to see smaller ships at good range since I start most games with fighters in my order of battle.

[theonlystd (OP)]

Waiting for a long time before engaging them might not be all too wise, though.
I encountered a swarm of some 60 or 80 of them, pulled back to build up a fleet, and when the fleet was ready after a few years, went in again, only to encounter 200+. So I do belive, they reproduce over time. If you take 10 years after you encountered your 200+ to build your fleet, there might be 400+ then.

Just something to consider

lol didnt think about that.. Might just write that system off as a loss then.. Im assuming the swarm cant use jumppoints ?

[Brian Neumann]

lol didnt think about that.. Might just write that system off as a loss then.. Im assuming the swarm cant use jumppoints ?

They can at a minimum use a jump gate.  They chased me through one once.  I don't know if it requires the mothership to go through for a regular wp, but from some other after action reports it sounds like they can jump into a new system.  It might actually work out in your favor.  If you can lure it back to the jump point with a lot of mines already emplaced.  If you have regular missiles with a decent loiter time, and their own tracking you can also do the same thing.  As they will come through and have their sensors off line it should work even better than normal.

Brian

[theonlystd (OP)]

lol didnt think about that.. Might just write that system off as a loss then.. Im assuming the swarm cant use jumppoints ?

They can at a minimum use a jump gate.  They chased me through one once.  I don't know if it requires the mothership to go through for a regular wp, but from some other after action reports it sounds like they can jump into a new system.  It might actually work out in your favor.  If you can lure it back to the jump point with a lot of mines already emplaced.  If you have regular missiles with a decent loiter time, and their own tracking you can also do the same thing.  As they will come through and have their sensors off line it should work even better than normal.

Brian

Ah well was mostly worried about a rampaging fleet of 200 or more Facs showing up in my home system a few jumps away haha...






On another note how do you guys set up the difficulty modifier and how many Npr's do you spawn in the default 1000 system galaxy?


Over 50 systems found encountered 2 ai's.. And the first hardly put up a fight.. And cant seem to locate the others home world ....

[theonlystd (OP)]

On another note how do you guys set up the difficulty modifier and how many Npr's do you spawn in the default 1000 system galaxy?


Over 50 systems found encountered 2 ai's.. And the first hardly put up a fight.. And cant seem to locate the others home world ....

no one?

[Venec]

Maybe this is a stupid answer, but it depends   If you want more competition from the start, set NPR to 3-4 and pump local npr chance to 50-100%.

Normally for my games (150 star galaxy) I set NPR to 6 and local to 15%.

[theonlystd (OP)]

Maybe this is a stupid answer, but it depends   If you want more competition from the start, set NPR to 3-4 and pump local npr chance to 50-100%.

Normally for my games (150 star galaxy) I set NPR to 6 and local to 15%.

what difficulty modifier ?

[Venec]

Default, that is 100%.

[Steve Walmsley]

Maybe this is a stupid answer, but it depends   If you want more competition from the start, set NPR to 3-4 and pump local npr chance to 50-100%.

Normally for my games (150 star galaxy) I set NPR to 6 and local to 15%.

what difficulty modifier ?

It is on the Basic Parameters section of the Create New Game window

Steve

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Waresky,

You might want to drop the capacitor on the weapon to 5.  With  10 power rating, it will give you the same 1o second recharge time.  It also allows you to drop your reactors to 5 total points.

[theonlystd (OP)]

Maybe this is a stupid answer, but it depends   If you want more competition from the start, set NPR to 3-4 and pump local npr chance to 50-100%.

Normally for my games (150 star galaxy) I set NPR to 6 and local to 15%.

what difficulty modifier ?

It is on the Basic Parameters section of the Create New Game window

Steve

Aye

I was meaning what other people put the difficulty modifier at. And such since trying to find a sweet spot where the AI puts up more of a fight..