I. Introduction
II. Charts
III. Airship Choices
IV. Flagship Emplacement
V. Fleet Composition
VI. credits
I. Introduction
Clueless in what airship shall you compose you fleet? What type of emplacement shall you arm your flagship? Well I, katy, shall teach you the art of war.
Here you will learn what airships should you compose your 100k ton fleet and what emplacements to arm your flagship.
Why specialize?
* Making all type of airships costs a lot of skill points, specially when it comes to T3 ships.
* Balancing your fleet only gives you flexibility, no weakness, ne strength. Therefore specialized fleets get the upperhand on military skills. Even a mere 5% can determine win or lose in a 100k ton fleet battle. Although if you succeed to max up your military skills then balanced fleet would rock though i doubt anyone will ever get there.
* See this guide to know how difficult it is to get T3 ships and how impossible it is to max up military skills: http://forum.fo.igg.com/viewthre ... page%3D2&page=1
II. Charts
Legend:
Fs- flagship
Bs- battleship
Cr- cruiser
Ap- attack plane
Frig- frigate
Lat- lateral canon
Photon- charged photon canon
Beams- focused beam emplacement
III. Choices
a. Choosing your Airships
Here you can choose which type of fleet would you make.
1. bs-ap fleet (may contain cr)
2. bs-frig fleet (may contain cr)
3. ap-frig fleet (may contain cr)
notes:
* Adding cruisers to your fleet is essential. They instantly hit Flagship's HP rather than taking out the emplacements so they are very efficient(not to mention cruiser's incredible damage).
* Another thing about cruisers is that they deal best damage against land emplacements. Although they are not as good as frigates in taking out photons.
* If you plan to choose bs-ap or bs-frig fleet, making cruisers would be easy since both cruisers and battleships have medium armor so you are hitting 2 birds with one stone.
* Reason for specializing on 2 types of ships (excluding cruisers) instead of only one is flexibility. See part V for more explanation.
b. Overview
Why choose such type of fleet? Why that? Why not?
1. bs-ap fleet
*aps pawn both cr and bs so they are very usefull. Most players tend to have high tonnage of Bs so they are something to be considered.
*aps are almost as good as cruisers in taking down photons.
*bs protects your aps.
*best pvp fleet(although weak in castle siege).
2. bs-frig fleet
*frigs are the best ships in taking out photons.
*bs are best defenesive airships since they pawn frigs.
*frigs protects your bs.
*flexible castle siege fleet(either defensive of offensive).
3. ap-frig fleet
*frigs are the best ships in taking out photons.
*aps are almost as good as cruisers in taking down photons.
*making cruisers would be dificult for this type of fleet.
*doesn't cost much skill points. light airship techs are cheap.
*needs light shipyards to build so it would take ages to build this fleet.
*best for castle siege.
IV. Flagship emplacements
Now that you have specialized your fleet, its time to choose your FS emplacements. Emplacements function as replacement for your airships. Here's the overview:
charged photon canon --> attack plane
lateral canon --> battle ship
focused beam emplacement --> frigate
Choices
1. Cover up your weakness
bs-ap fleet --> beams
bs-frig fleet --> photons
ap-frig fleet --> lats
You gain flexibility and balance for this choice.
2. Choose your strength
bs-ap fleet --> lats and/or photons
bs-frig fleet --> lats and/or photons
ap-frig fleet --> photons and/or beams
Maxamizing your damage. For example in bs-ap fleet, your accuracy and denseness should be high level so lats and photons would give out more damage.
3. Defensive measures.
*emplace your FS with beams to protect your bs and cr. A fleet tends to have high tonnage of bs and cr.
4. Damage to the max!
*emplace your FS with photons to achieve easy damage. Photons have the highest stats among emplacements.
5. FS defense!
*make good investment on heavy armor and arm FS with lateral canons. Lats are protected with heavy armor so you are likely lose less emplacements. Although FS survival in a 100k ton fleet fight is slim. Defensive FS has better survival rate than Offensive FS. Be sure to make heavy FS instead of light FS. One star heavy FS is better than five star light FS.
V. Fleet Composition
Choosing tonnage balance of airships of your fleet is completely your choice. It maybe balanced or specialized or depending on you FS emplacements. You just need to adjust to your opponent. It is important to know your enemy and hit their weakness. Spy on you army and study his skill tree to know his airship specialty and reserve airships. If your spy skill is too low, ask help from a strong player to spy on him. If you battle a balanced fleet, just focus on your strength. Specialized fleet fails when your opponent has the right ships to flunk your fleet. But you can outwit him by using only one type of ship or making your weakness your strength.
For example:
You specialize on bs-frig fleet.
bs-frig vs bs-ap = fail
pure frig vs bs-ap = equal (but not to mention you specialize on frig skills so you are likely to win)
ap-frig vs bs-ap = success
just remember this:
bs-ap pawns bs-frig
bs-frig pawns ap-frig
ap-frig pawns bs-ap
1 bs tonnage = 1 cr tonnage = 3 frig tonnage = 9 aps tonnage
VI. Credits
This information i gathered is from self experience and research.
Credits to Freesky Berserk members for posting war reports w/ specialized fleets.
Credits to all players for posting war reports in forums.
Credits to me! For sharing my fruits of research! tee hee.
P.S. tell me if there are any typos so i can edit. thanks!
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Last edited by ninalalican at 9-23-2009 14:29 ]
