Feds Early game

posted on April 14th, 2009, 12:15 am

Ok i know what most of you are thinking, damn, ray posted a new feds post, i wonder wtf this one is about, well this one is an issue i feel the feds really have

there early game sucks, the saber isnt very strong, and in order to get a moonson, you have to build a science station and then a chassis, by that time most other races, can have more early ships, that are stronger,

my ideas for this, is either faster build time, or stronger ship, or both, thats about it, and thats just put simply

post your thoughts

posted on April 14th, 2009, 12:28 am

I'magonnatestthiswithserpicusasassimilatenowok? kthxbye 

posted on April 14th, 2009, 12:29 am

FEDERATION

You're doing it wrong.

posted on April 14th, 2009, 12:31 am

Do we have to have another post about this. We already proved that the Federation is strong early game.

posted on April 14th, 2009, 12:32 am

You're right, my young friend!  You DID know what most of us were thinking!

[Anonymous]

posted on April 14th, 2009, 12:48 am

Last edited by Anonymous on April 14th, 2009, 1:10 am, edited 1 time in total.

At least what i was thinking 




*Just Kidding*

posted on April 14th, 2009, 12:49 am

'Scuse me if I'm wrong, since I haven't been able to play a game of FO in almost a month, but isn't the Saber-class second only to the Borg Scoutcube among the destroyer class of ships in the game? I know I was able to chop up bugships and B'rels with it, and I think Shrikes too...

posted on April 14th, 2009, 1:18 am

I tend to disagree with ray because the feds have one of the best first ships and the saber has long rage weapons and it can outrun most other ships making the feds strong early game.  Another thing ( no offense ray but ) mabey you are not playing the feds correctly but i find them to very strong early game. They may need to tech up more than other races but they make up for that with the saber. So mabey you should get some practice. 

posted on April 14th, 2009, 1:27 am

Personally I don't even bother with most of the chassis upgrades until later on just Norways, Canaverals, Sabers, and Elcesior mk 2's.

posted on April 14th, 2009, 1:56 am

RAY320 YOU ARE CRAP AT THIS GAME - STOP MAKING POSTS THAT INVOLVE CHANGES TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT YOU ARE RUBBISH AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO MICRO OR USE A SINGLE UNIT TO ITS FULLEST OF ABILITIES!!!!

Why don't you learn how to play the game instead????

Infact the saber is one of the best ships in the game, it can out run any BoP, Rhienne, Bug and Scube...
It has a super long range...
With its special researched its even faster...

but wait, for any of this to be useful what do you have to do????

create a fleet of them, and micro manager them and by thay i dont mean selecting then right clicking on an enemy unit, instead why don't you try keeping them moving so their out of the firing range... Your soon see their destroyers dieing quickly...

Monsoons are rubbish and by the time you have them you should be building Akira and Norways instead and have Starfleet Command up for Warp Ins... You should build science then Command and then Chasis... That why you get big ships before anyone...

of course you don't knwo this because...

1) Your rubbish
2) You haven't tried any other races
3) Your not good with the only race you do play
4) You want the game to adapt to you, you don't want to adapt to it
5) You don't understand the basic idea of what a support ship does
6) You don't understand what ships counter other ships...

posted on April 14th, 2009, 2:00 am

I have to agree with you guys.  Feds early game is great.  Once you have a few sabers and a norway you're good to go!

posted on April 14th, 2009, 2:16 am

If you don't like to Micro, and just -have- to play feds, the Monsoon is the ship for you, because the AI's urge to go point-blank is fine with them, and their Proximity Torpedo is vicious against other destroyers.

However, better to go Borg if you don't want to micro all the time.  They seem to need it alot less, so you can focus on economy and detached direction of your fleets rather than telling them when to move, when to use a special, etc.  Hell, you can't even issue a repair order to them.  Only things that you have to 'micro' for borg are Unicomplex beams (because I've never seen them turn on by themselves) and Resynching.  Holding Beam ships need micro to be effective, but you don't have to go that route.

posted on April 14th, 2009, 2:32 am

I agree completely with ray, build faster, cost less, anything to let you stand your ground until you get the akira.  Even if it was just the saber, that would be fine with me.

Though I think we need a centralized fed discussion thread, cus its getting anoying with a new one evey day.

posted on April 14th, 2009, 3:49 am

RAY320 YOU ARE CRAP AT THIS GAME - STOP MAKING POSTS THAT INVOLVE CHANGES TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT YOU ARE RUBBISH AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO MICRO OR USE A SINGLE UNIT TO ITS FULLEST OF ABILITIES!!!!

Why don't you learn how to play the game instead????

Infact the saber is one of the best ships in the game, it can out run any BoP, Rhienne, Bug and Scube...
It has a super long range...
With its special researched its even faster...

but wait, for any of this to be useful what do you have to do????

create a fleet of them, and micro manager them and by thay i dont mean selecting then right clicking on an enemy unit, instead why don't you try keeping them moving so their out of the firing range... Your soon see their destroyers dieing quickly...

Monsoons are rubbish and by the time you have them you should be building Akira and Norways instead and have Starfleet Command up for Warp Ins... You should build science then Command and then Chasis... That why you get big ships before anyone...

of course you don't knwo this because...

1) Your rubbish
2) You haven't tried any other races
3) Your not good with the only race you do play
4) You want the game to adapt to you, you don't want to adapt to it
5) You don't understand the basic idea of what a support ship does
6) You don't understand what ships counter other ships...

ease up m8. not so harsh 

posted on April 14th, 2009, 3:55 am

RAY320 YOU ARE CRAP AT THIS GAME - STOP MAKING POSTS THAT INVOLVE CHANGES TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT YOU ARE RUBBISH AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO MICRO OR USE A SINGLE UNIT TO ITS FULLEST OF ABILITIES!!!!

Why don't you learn how to play the game instead????

Infact the saber is one of the best ships in the game, it can out run any BoP, Rhienne, Bug and Scube...
It has a super long range...
With its special researched its even faster...

but wait, for any of this to be useful what do you have to do????

create a fleet of them, and micro manager them and by thay i dont mean selecting then right clicking on an enemy unit, instead why don't you try keeping them moving so their out of the firing range... Your soon see their destroyers dieing quickly...

Monsoons are rubbish and by the time you have them you should be building Akira and Norways instead and have Starfleet Command up for Warp Ins... You should build science then Command and then Chasis... That why you get big ships before anyone...

of course you don't knwo this because...

1) Your rubbish
2) You haven't tried any other races
3) Your not good with the only race you do play
4) You want the game to adapt to you, you don't want to adapt to it
5) You don't understand the basic idea of what a support ship does
6) You don't understand what ships counter other ships...

even if you are right (and you are, thats for sure) i think this one was a bit harsch