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Author Topic: How To Defeat Remnant?  (Read 5381 times)

StarScum

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How To Defeat Remnant?
« on: August 08, 2019, 05:13:49 AM »

How do you defeat the Remnant guarding the Red Planet? I've tried many times with my 20 ship fleet of 4 Eagles, 6 Herons, 1 Apogee and 10 Hammerheads and keep getting swamped, separated, and destroyed.

I tired to keep all my ships together so they could pool their PD to take out all the drones while I focus all 6 Herons to strike a single target, but the keep drifting off and getting isolated.
« Last Edit: August 08, 2019, 05:20:29 AM by StarScum »
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goduranus

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Re: How To Defeat Remnant?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2019, 06:09:07 AM »

As many Drovers as you can deploy in one go, each armed with nothing but 1x Broadsword and 1x Talon ;)

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Re: How To Defeat Remnant?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2019, 06:14:18 AM »

As many Drovers as you can deploy in one go, each armed with nothing but 1x Broadsword and 1x Talon ;)

Noob! Use Condors and 2x Talon!


Seriously though, get a capital ship.
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StarScum

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Re: How To Defeat Remnant?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2019, 06:20:57 AM »

As many Drovers as you can deploy in one go, each armed with nothing but 1x Broadsword and 1x Talon ;)

Noob! Use Condors and 2x Talon!


Seriously though, get a capital ship.

I just went in with a Conquest. It was garbage. Although I think it might just be the Conquest being driven by the AI that makes it so bad. I suppose I should try a more "simple" cap ship like the Onslaught.
« Last Edit: August 08, 2019, 06:22:58 AM by StarScum »
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Garessta

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Re: How To Defeat Remnant?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2019, 06:47:38 AM »

If your ships keep getting separated, try to manually make them escort each other.

Also,
As many Drovers as you can deploy in one go, each armed with nothing but 1x Broadsword and 1x Talon ;)

Noob! Use Condors and 2x Talon!

Noob! Use 2x Sparks! Beat [REDACTED] with their own kind!
« Last Edit: August 08, 2019, 06:55:02 AM by Garessta »
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goduranus

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Re: How To Defeat Remnant?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2019, 07:08:30 AM »

That was a serious suggestion, try broadsword and talons. broadsword is great for overloading shields, while talon can take down armor with their massed swarmer missiles.
Hullmods are extended shields, hardened subsystems, and expanded deck crew.

not vs remenant, but only 10 Drovers, the checker pattern defense waypoints is to keep fleet concentrated and make them focus fighter strikes on any ship that gets closest to the formation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyvDbZjkAYI
« Last Edit: August 08, 2019, 07:13:33 AM by goduranus »
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Re: How To Defeat Remnant?
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2019, 03:37:32 AM »

I went against that remnant fleet with my current fleet, a Victory (my flag ship) two Onslaught, an Astral, an Eos, two Dominators and two eagles. It's a fairly lategame fleet though, and it will take on a remnant Ordo without too much trouble.
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