Shard Grand Dragon

[wolfiee]

you need 20k Fleet.
but if you attack with your entire Fleet you will loose a lot of ships, and the AI is programmed to attack you if yyour fleet is greatly reduced, so you need way more than 20k to ensure AI doesnt activate against you when you attack.

[Necroconvict]

truth.. is there a question here? Are you considering a basic guide for new players?

[Big mean bunny]

If your counter espionage is high they cant easily determine your fleet power and wont punish you. But I would not want to attack with my entire navy anyway i always like to have a strong presence on borders .

[mss73055]

Use picket torpedo cruisers against space monsters.
Cruisers are tough, torpedo damage scales to monstersize+1 (x 33 against a dragon) and superweapons can only destroy 1 cruisers or 1 battleship at a time.

[wolfiee]

Originally posted by mss73055:

Use picket torpedo cruisers against space monsters.
Cruisers are tough, torpedo damage scales to monstersize+1 (x 33 against a dragon) and superweapons can only destroy 1 cruisers or 1 battleship at a time.

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[Teflon Tom]

I just beat Shard using a 20K fleet after reading this thread. I previously got beaten by Shard when I used a 10K fleet, (he had no trouble beating me), so I reset to my save point and built up my power. I used 220 fleet power over 4 fleets. Most of them, (about 160 of them) were Frigates and Corvettes. This time the battle only lasted a few seconds and it was an easy win for me, with very little loss of ships. I had 205 fleet power left over. Thanks for the thread. I do regret that Shard killed off my thriving colony but now I will re-colonize and start over.

[captain403]

Originally posted by Teflon Tom:

I do regret that Shard killed off my thriving colony but now I will re-colonize and start over.

You should have had your fleet waiting in system when the site finished. Shard can't destroy your colony if you destroy her 1st.

[Teflon Tom]

Originally posted by captain403:

Originally posted by Teflon Tom:

I do regret that Shard killed off my thriving colony but now I will re-colonize and start over.

You should have had your fleet waiting in system when the site finished. Shard can't destroy your colony if you destroy her 1st.

Perhaps, but I did not go looking for advice until after my original fleet that was waiting nearby had been destroyed. Many of us tend to play the game before going to look for spoilers so I got beat by the dragon.

I did go back to my save point but the save point was after my dig site was completed.