Do you park Daedalus at Ragnar?

[Menace]

I usually keep Daedalus in my main fleet, but it feels so.. not right. Why would I be hauling this big space station around with my fleet. Does anyone else park it at Ragnar and just keep it there? Are there any issues with doing this?

[Rizla King"]

Yeah i normally park it at ragnar easier then losing it and having to restore as the cylons since the last patch seem to make a beeline for it. Theres' no downside to doing it that i've noticed and as i said the plus is not losing it to something stupid.

[Half Phased]

Nope. The -10% ship cost of Scorpia is too good to pass up early game.

Later on, I move daidalos to a colony that offers the +40% tylium from reinforced colonies.

If you’re playing correctly, daidalos fleet group should be your strongest fleet, as it’s occasionally required to complete certain missions. If you’re really, really worried about losing it, keep it out of Helios alpha and work on intercepting Cylon fleets there before they can escape into the starlanes.

[Sabaithal]

Park it at ragnar after building up most of my fleets. At that point its just a hassle to haul around and a liability in combat considering it cannot move.

[Hannibal0216 도마도 재배자]

Yes

[Menace]

Originally posted by Rizla King":

Yeah i normally park it at ragnar easier then losing it and having to restore as the cylons since the last patch seem to make a beeline for it. Theres' no downside to doing it that i've noticed and as i said the plus is not losing it to something stupid.

Ok, it looks like I'll start parking it there then!

Originally posted by Half Phased:

Nope. The -10% ship cost of Scorpia is too good to pass up early game.

Later on, I move daidalos to a colony that offers the +40% tylium from reinforced colonies.

If you’re playing correctly, daidalos fleet group should be your strongest fleet, as it’s occasionally required to complete certain missions. If you’re really, really worried about losing it, keep it out of Helios alpha and work on intercepting Cylon fleets there before they can escape into the starlanes.

Couldn't you just park a ship/fleet with an officer and still get the bonuses? I thought also that if an officer is assigned to your fleet and you do storyline missions, that it will still allow you to, just as long as there is an officer assigned. I always bring Daedalus with me, but I thought that was the case so we wouldn't have to.

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Park it at ragnar after building up most of my fleets. At that point its just a hassle to haul around and a liability in combat considering it cannot move.

I just don't like hauling around a large space station, it doesn't feel right, but your point of it being stationary is also a strategic issue that I've noticed. I've seen Cylons go around my front and attack it from the side, making me have to split apart my fleet formation.

I kind of wish there was an option to assign a single ship to be a "flag ship", and for when Daedalus creates ships it will automatically jump ships to that location (possibly for a higher cost of Tylium).

[Half Phased]

Originally posted by Menace:

Originally posted by Half Phased:

Nope. The -10% ship cost of Scorpia is too good to pass up early game.

Later on, I move daidalos to a colony that offers the +40% tylium from reinforced colonies.

If you’re playing correctly, daidalos fleet group should be your strongest fleet, as it’s occasionally required to complete certain missions. If you’re really, really worried about losing it, keep it out of Helios alpha and work on intercepting Cylon fleets there before they can escape into the starlanes.

Couldn't you just park a ship/fleet with an officer and still get the bonuses? I thought also that if an officer is assigned to your fleet and you do storyline missions, that it will still allow you to, just as long as there is an officer assigned. I always bring Daedalus with me, but I thought that was the case so we wouldn't have to.

No, the bonuses are Daidalos exclusive, reinforcing a colony with a fleet only improves its quorum status. Parking Daidalos at Ragnar means for forfeiting these bonuses for safety.

And missions that require daidalos do explicitly require daidalos, so even if another fleet is present at the mission node, fleet group daidalos is deployed.

[Menace]

Originally posted by Half Phased:

Originally posted by Menace:

Couldn't you just park a ship/fleet with an officer and still get the bonuses? I thought also that if an officer is assigned to your fleet and you do storyline missions, that it will still allow you to, just as long as there is an officer assigned. I always bring Daedalus with me, but I thought that was the case so we wouldn't have to.

No, the bonuses are Daidalos exclusive, reinforcing a colony with a fleet only improves its quorum status. Parking Daidalos at Ragnar means for forfeiting these bonuses for safety.

And missions that require daidalos do explicitly require daidalos, so even if another fleet is present at the mission node, fleet group daidalos is deployed.

So do you recommend just building a defensive fleet for Daedalus and parking it at a planet for the bonuses? I'm just trying to find a way from hauling it around, not really fan of that, it doesn't feel right.

[Half Phased]

Originally posted by Menace:

Originally posted by Half Phased:

No, the bonuses are Daidalos exclusive, reinforcing a colony with a fleet only improves its quorum status. Parking Daidalos at Ragnar means for forfeiting these bonuses for safety.

And missions that require daidalos do explicitly require daidalos, so even if another fleet is present at the mission node, fleet group daidalos is deployed.

So do you recommend just building a defensive fleet for Daedalus and parking it at a planet for the bonuses? I'm just trying to find a way from hauling it around, not really fan of that, it doesn't feel right.

Yes, the best option for Daidalos is to build a defensive force and park it over colonies.

Best place to park Daidalos early game is scorpia, for the 10% discount on ship construction. Later on bounce it between colonies that offer 40% bonus tylium from reinforced colonies and colonies that offer the 10% ship building discount. Caprica and Picon are particularly good for this.

For players who feel like playing more risky, daidalos also gives its fleet group no supply costs, ie, you don’t pay for the munitions you use and the squadrons you lose. So for those really, really playing risky, the Daidalos nuke salute is possibly the shortest way to victory.

[Menace]

Why can't we auto-calculate the battles that include Daedalus?

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Menace:

Why can't we auto-calculate the battles that include Daedalus?

Because if daedalus is destroyed you lose the campaign. In fact that is the only way to lose.

Only thing is, there is no GAME OVER prompt of any kind, the game just tells you to restart the botched mission or quit the game.

[ShadowXV]

Ahh the good old Daidalos Nuke Salute i use that alot. Daidalos is meant to be a double edge sword if you use it has two hanger slots and those can be useful in a few missions, it also has no resupply cost which is very useful for people who love to nuke everything. No matter what you do always make sure Daidalos has a strong fleet group just to be safe. But unless i really mess up the Cylons rarely do any major damage to Daidalos in my game overall.

[gareth_walsh]

I just park it at Scorpia, with a fleet and ignore it unless I have to use it