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« on: September 14, 2015, 12:40:15 PM »
I've been playing this mod a lot in the last couple months and enjoying it immensely, but a few problems have been bothering me:
Yevethan Thrustships and Hapan Battle Dragons (and Novas, too, to a lesser extent) are quite difficult to counter. The AI sends a swarm of these ships at my fleet, then has them retreat after giving my ships a pounding. I can usually survive the initial attack, but then I am left with a somewhat battered fleet to hunt down the enemy fleet. Any of my ships that can hurt the Battle Dragons without being destroyed in return are too slow to effectively catch them, and since Battle Dragons can't lost their shield generators, they're going to be back to about full strength by the time I catch them. The same goes for Nova cruisers too, but they're weak enough to usually be destroyed or severely weakened in the initial engagement.
Thrustships are a bit different, as they are as fast as Corvettes, but don't have too much firepower. They are almost impossible to pin down with any considerable firepower, and have enough shielding to shrug off anything my Corvettes can throw at them.
So I ask- what do other people use to hunt down these ships? I know the answer of starfighters seems simple enough, but by this point in the battle I don't usually have many left, as my Carriers are depleted, and I don't have enough pop cap to bring in more.
Also, the game description seems to say that Hapan and Yevethan units can be used in Skirmish. Is that true? If so, which maps?
And is there any way to modify the speed of ships?
Thanks.
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