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Originally Posted by Lichbane

I'm considering getting this, but I REALLY hate micro-managing individual units especially in real time at an Empire level .... I mean, isn't that what you have Admirals for? Are your individual units smart enough to take care of themselves without direct intervention?

Thankfully micro managing isn’t an issue with the scale of fleets being as large as they can become in SINS. Selecting a group of units then assigning them to a Fleet keeps things tight and clean. Assign your fleet to attack a system then zoom in once they’ve completed their jump. Hold down Shift when selecting targets to queue the destruction. While it’s not required to choose targets upon ordering a fleet to move to a hostile system it will be more efficient if done so.

Focus firing upon Capital ships is a great First-In strategy. Support ships will not attack planets unless their of a siege variety. When assigning/queuing an entire fleet to attack a planet choose multiple targets with shift+click so the rest of your armada will clean up the system while your capitals, and siege ships, share your culture. You can even assign a staging area for your fleet as to prepare for a phased-warp once everything has been dispatched.

Thankfully this is about as micromanaging as it could be. The Ship AI is intelligent enough to engage ALL hostiles that enter a system then will regroup at their fleet’s previously assigned staging area. If the fleet has invalid targets queued the ships will skip to the next valid target; i.e., TEC Heavy Cruisers will not attack a planet.

Oddly enough, Capital Ships are a generic term in SINS. These include Battleships, Battle Cruisers, Carriers and Dreadnaught class ships - There are also cruiser versions of a carrier. Specifically, Capital Ships “level up” and gain access to some potent special abilities. From providing Targeting Links, Damage Mitigation, Fuel Conservation to special Colonization and Planetary Bombardment (Dreadnaught specialties!) these ships are the center piece to any strong fleet. Don’t forget that these ships don’t shine until you have adequate support by frigates and cruisers.

I am enjoying the game and would be welcome to friendly skirmishes or a Player Vs Computer co-op. Weekends would be better due to the potential scale of galactic warfare.

From this point forward I will be known as The Destroyer of Worlds!