hello im the tarv

[zaphod]

i hope you know thebasic, how battles happen.

at first the will the fights between your class 1 and enemy class 1. after that your class2 fights the enemy class 2 and after that your class 3 the enemy class3 and at the end your class 4 against enemy class4.

if your enemy has no class 1. then your class1 will fight against enemy class 2. after that your class 2 against enemy class2 (if there are still some. if not, your class 2 will fight enemy class 3.

for example you have 200 fighter (class1) and enemy has no class1 and no class 2 ships left, your fighters will fight enemy class3. (for example 1 cruiser). so it could be that his cruiser fires first, then you will only loose 1 fighter, cause 1 cruiser can only shoot at 1 ship. after that 100 fighter will shoot at the cruiser. (every ship shoots only 1 time).

the result: you are loosing 1 fighter (1 point)
enemy is loosing 1 cruiser (60 points)
you win 59 points.

what i want to say. attack with more then 1 fleet as Failtrip1 said and try to wipe out a lower class with your first wave. then go in and try to fight higher classes with your lower classes.

beware: there are fleet setups against this kind of strategy, like there is always a way to do.
hope i could help a bit.

[thetarv]

thanks again very helpful

[zaphod]

and alway remember, there is a battlepause of 24 hours. so if you attack with 3 fleets you can fight 3 times. but you should not put a ship from a fleet that has already fought, into a fleet that you want to attack now. if you do so, both fleets will have to wait 24 hours until they are alowed to fight again.
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this could be a good hint. there are some tricks how you can use this while defending your base for example when u find an attacking fleet sitting next to your base.

[thetarv]

thanks guys i actually have a score now. i think i figured out the battles and how the ships help each other. using the dsp really helped. still loosing fights but i know why now. got a whole new perspective on what to research and build. how to set up fleets and pick targets. makes the game much more fun.