Terrible Tactics...

[DEADPOO]

"Tarkhan, strike group inbound. Five vessels."
"Ok, prepare to repel with our four vessels. But send them in one at a time."

What military commander thinks this is a sound strategy?!

[Dust]

The arrogant heir of a dying empire.

In all seriousness, that's one problem that I have with the game. For what is basically a navy fleet simulator, it doesn't make me use my fleet very much in combat.

[Phaeron Seherekh]

with the current combat I would say allies in the battles would be more frustrating than anything and honestly designing a similar combat where several allied ships could come in and not be a frustrating mess of babying AI would be a more complicated affair

[Dust]

Originally posted by Phaeron Seherekh:

with the current combat I would say allies in the battles would be more frustrating than anything and honestly designing a similar combat where several allied ships could come in and not be a frustrating mess of babying AI would be a more complicated affair

I didn't think allies were very distracting in Hammerfight, Highfleet's predecessor.

[Phaeron Seherekh]

Originally posted by Dust:

Originally posted by Phaeron Seherekh:

with the current combat I would say allies in the battles would be more frustrating than anything and honestly designing a similar combat where several allied ships could come in and not be a frustrating mess of babying AI would be a more complicated affair

I didn't think allies were very distracting in Hammerfight, Highfleet's predecessor.

1. more ranged focus combat
2. friendly fire was something I performed a few times in my short try of Hammerfight and experienced equally
3. different games that play differently

[SievertChaser]

Imprortanly, the enemy AI is quite prone to friendly fire.

[Flan]

1 v 5 is an unfair fight, for them.

[Pancakus ante Omnia]

Originally posted by Dust:

I didn't think allies were very distracting in Hammerfight, Highfleet's predecessor.

While losing allies in hammerfight was suboptimal, they were free to get in the first place, and because of this quite free to loose. Hell, they may even drop something useful.
Here each stray shot suffered is potentially more gold and more time taken to repair, time and money you dont have half the time, and i would hate to see the AI drain my resources. While I wouldnt mind something like my ships taking potshots from outside the combat screen (or ground) that would be abusable and prone to ff.

[Cackfog]

What military commander thinks it's a good strategy to only move in two dimensions?

At some point, video game gotta video game, there have been plenty of discussions about how multiple friendly ships in battle would require a huge overhall and rebalancing of the game to the point it would be a different game entirely

[hello]

I just say that you're a hotshot commander who has superior tactics (player vs dummy ai) and initiative (you dictate which of your ships enter combat when).

I think the fact that you get to outmaneuver the enemy easily and disengage freely more than makes up for being outnumbered.

[Polarbark]

Originally posted by Dust:

I didn't think allies were very distracting in Hammerfight, Highfleet's predecessor.

True this, except when they launched annoying Tinnitus-grenades

[Polarbark]

Honestly OP I really bank on minimizing damage to my ships by fighting 1-by-1.