Posted by: Father Tim
« on: January 18, 2020, 01:46:19 AM »I'm not sure any explicitly tutorial-type AARs are written!
There are multiple video tutorials on Youtube, which start from the very basics like what each button does, to more complicated things like how to design ships and create mineral economy and so on.
AAR's are generally more story focused and analysis is "in universe"-style.
I will check YT tutorials for ships and mineral economy for sure, but at the same time I'm looking for a detailed AAR to understand when you are doing well or not, for example: weapons research is a marginal thing at the beginning or do you need to build a few combat ships even before to survey the jump points?
Btw, do you know some good youtubers?I'd say that research is pretty situational. It would depend heavily on what is happening in your campaign and what your current priorities are. Mineral/fuel situation within your starting system and around it, exploration and First Contact policies, etc. What sort of Navy would fit for that situation/priorities can differ as well.
It probably would be better to simply ask your questions right here, giving some specifics.
What is your Exploration and First Contact policies? How good is the economy/material base? What sort of Navy (if any?) you'd like to use? You can make almost anything work in Aurora.
Ok, therefore you adapt your strategy with the enviroment, but is it possible to be totally unaware of the enemy and at your first contact to be destroyed?
If so, do you plan a general strategy? (like a fleet docked in the home planet with a specify armament)All the Blue Emu AAR are extensive, they involve the community (so there are plenty of good suggestion/discussion on tactics) and they go for hundreds of pages.
I read 2 of them probably 10 or more times. but this is the one I read the most:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/ad-astra-an-aurora-forum-game-run-by-blue-emu.534008/
From desktop you cannot see the images but somehow you can still do from mobile (weird) so I recommend the night reading in bed.
Thanks, I will check tonight!
Do you need to do any of that stuff? No.
Should you do any of that stuff? That is entirely a roleplaying decision for your empire.
What kind of Aurora do you want to play? Do you want to be Batman-level prepared for anything and everything that might come after you? Do you want to blindly and relentlessly explore every rock, contact, and star system that you know about? Do you follow some written rule set for combat, preparedness, or research? Do you hew closely to follow an historical or fictional example, or do you go freely wherever your mind takes you?
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The only strategy to Aurora is "have fun!" If your entire empire was wiped out tomorrow by spoilers, would you still have fun? Would you start over? Would you do anything differently?
In Aurora, you can build the absolutely most perfect fleet your empire is currently capable of, and still have it wiped out entirely by one piddly little high-tech enemy frigate if that is what the RNG decrees.
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So my advice to you is to play the game. Experiment. Build whatever you want, research whatever you want, try all sorts of things. Pick randomly, even. See what the game has to offer, and when (if) you discover your ships/fleets aren't behaving how you'd like, or you get stumped over some aspect, we'll be here to answer your questions and offer advice.