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Warlord-616x

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s.o.s....
« on: November 05, 2020, 11:48:24 AM »

hello so been doing more or less fine up until now, but start playing today and wow.  so after taking out 4 pirate stations that popped up in my area around my colonies back to back i try and take out the luddic camp that is down the road that has been plaguing me.  np, so i take out a fleet thats larger then what i was using to take out the pirate stations and get into my first battle against....a handful of modified colossus and a modified tanker.  well after losing all my frigs to them (wtf?) and finding the location station i find it surround by 3 more fleets of modified nobodies but who wont leave the radius of the station no matter what i do and when i get close to them i notice that my ships all start losing battle readiness out of the blue in large numbers.  then i finally just load it and say screw it and rush right at them and decide to try and take on the fleet and the station at the same time? 

now one of my commanders wont engage and just sits at the starting point.  went afk and came back and hes still just sitting there.  done it dozens of times now and eventually he will kinda of meander toward them sometimes but fires a shot or two and PULLS BACK until hes in the corner.  this is a 'steady' commander btw.  not timid not anything else, steady.

What do i do about any of this?
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Re: s.o.s....
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2020, 11:52:44 AM »

just fired the maxed out officer.  going to try and train up another aggressive one.  not sure why but that one was just always sandbagging it.  got another steady officer whose always been fine, but that guy was just a lump of crap and going to just ignore the pirate base for awhile entirely and come back later i guess.   it doesnt look like anything special, but ya game is just throwing every bug and issue in my path it possibly can.
« Last Edit: November 05, 2020, 11:58:00 AM by Warlord-616x »
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Re: s.o.s....
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2020, 12:19:17 PM »

Ships hanging back could be a bug. But its almost always tied to the ship, mod ships then to be the biggest offender. Usually a rally command works to get them moving. Best practice is to select all your ships you know that tend to be too shy and make them escort your slowest frontline ship. If that ship is the offender rally him into the enemy formation.

Also friagtes will always have throuble vs large pirate fleets because frigates need numbers to win. Large pirate fleets are all about the numbers.

I found a few long range ships cruisers or destoryers with ECM railled onto eachother can grind down large pirate fleets without any losses reliably.
« Last Edit: November 05, 2020, 12:22:03 PM by Linnis »
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Warlord-616x

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Re: s.o.s....
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2020, 12:31:33 PM »

hmm no mods, but ya something is definitely wrong now.  just lost the ship to one of the smallest remenant fleets ive ever encountered.  just getting curb stomped today in everything i touch since i woke up :(

heck tried to load it back to the previous point?  well it didnt even save at all even tho i did it at least twice lol.  time for a break.
« Last Edit: November 05, 2020, 12:37:25 PM by Warlord-616x »
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Re: s.o.s....
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2020, 06:57:43 AM »

I would dearly love to see one of my officers stay back like that...I have the opposite problem of AI ships purposely interposing themselves between me and my target all the time.  They block my shots and tank damage until they die...and that includes STEADY officers in MISSILE BOATS, by the way.  The enemy AI of course also knows this and will actively maneuver to keep my ships in between me and themselves all day.  At least if you have an officer being a coward you can just load him up with pilums and let him provide cover fire forever.
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Re: s.o.s....
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2020, 10:44:05 AM »

ya i get that sometimes with frigs and destroyers and can drive you nuts.  ive just been trying to micro them or assign them to wings so they are a bit further away from me sometimes which seems to help a bit tho.
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