Most maps include spots that are rich in resources. The resources in the middle of the map, or near your opponents, require your immediate attention. The more resources you can snatch from the jaws of your enemies, the better off you will be as the game progresses. As in almost all real-time strategy games, set your sights as far away as you can. Establish a perimeter as close to enemy lines as possible, and start harvesting. Make your enemy drive you back, rather than letting him hem you in. In the beginning of the game, the only danger your resource units will face is salvage corvettes. Protect against them by guarding your resource units with a few fighters and corvettes. Bring your own salvage corvettes to the map's middle, and steal enemy collectors if you can. Continually reinforce your outlying resource operations until your mothership comes under potential attack. Until capital ships are commonplace, control the resources. Consistent Pressure Send your units to the front lines, not in a straggly line, but in batches. Wait for a capital ship or two to be built and placed in military formation with your mothership, along with a selection of support ships, like strike craft and support frigates. Put the capital ships in formation, assign them to a group, and guard them with the smaller ships. Move the camera to the destination (if you have friendly units there). If there are enemies in the area, have your group attack them. If not, have your units guard a friendly. In this way, you can move without using the overhead map, and your small fleet will stick together by moving at the speed of the capital ships. Move as many of your fleets to the front lines as you can, focusing on areas that have resources, not enemy strongholds (unless you have a clear shot at destroying an enemy mothership). Keep the pressure on the resource centers. Once you've engaged an enemy mothership, keep sending small fleets to join in on the attack, and watch out for salvaging attempts. Despite this call for consistent pressure, try when possible to let the enemy come to you. Defending is easier than attacking, and you'll likely have more success stealing enemy capital ships if you aren't trying to organize an attack. |
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