Favorite Side : Defense or Ofense?

posted on March 25th, 2009, 5:37 pm

I like Defense. I find it fun to let my bud keep the enemy busy while I build my romulan border. No one shall cross my border! If you manage to you will be blown up! hehe Only my buddies may pass, and my own ships.

posted on March 25th, 2009, 5:41 pm

Defence. I think like a Starfleet captain and am reluctant to risk the safety of any of my ships.

posted on March 25th, 2009, 6:05 pm

I agree with both of you, an allout attack is unbecoming of a starfleet officer.

posted on March 26th, 2009, 9:59 pm

hmm.... i am relucntant to attack until i know where i am going who i am attacking, and have a good sized fleet+ some backup, i may send a small attack in early game to try to overwhelm, and if i have an enviorment that is easy to defend, such as only 1-3 openings into my base, then i will set up lots of defenses, however in an open game i set up a small amount of defense and more ships, i will not take a risk if it endangers vital parts of my base, or a great amount of ships, however i will take a risk to save a part of my base, howver if my fleet to save that mining coony would most likly be destryoyed, i justr decomission (need of many, outweigh need of few) i dont want a whole fleet gone for nothong

posted on March 26th, 2009, 10:41 pm

Depends if I am playing FFA, 2 v 2 (or more), or head to head. 1 v 1 I harass with destroyers, and keep on harassing until the end with small/large breaks depending on the race. 2 v 2, generally harassment early on, then a tech up, then huge climactic battle. FFA... I usually err on the side of caution depending on who I am fighting against. If I know that at least one of the people I am fighting against is a good harasser... I harass them first, and pump out ships to wipe them out early game. If both are good harassers... I usually am freaked out, and wait (because I know the instant I leave my base, the other player will take out my mining). If neither harass... well, they call the shots 

I find that you can usually tell who will win in the first 5-10 minutes of the game (sometimes sooner; depends on their build order too).

posted on March 27th, 2009, 2:16 am

I go defense.. i like to keep my ships safe and build a small border of turrents and ships

posted on March 27th, 2009, 11:14 am

i dont like playing 3 hours the same game so i go offence and try to end it 

posted on March 31st, 2009, 12:13 am

True. I have noticed that it seems to take forever to end the game. Then again, it's fun to have epic battles against the borg and their mighty cubes. 

posted on March 31st, 2009, 12:38 am

I tend to stick to Defense just because I really like to outline my base with torpedo platforms, and outposts.  That and I don't mind a long game.  That is where the savegame feature comes in handy.

posted on March 31st, 2009, 12:40 am

I just like to have massive fleets (i.e 500+ ships) that I can zoom into and watch fly past......that's really all I do 

posted on March 31st, 2009, 1:11 am

Harass with capitial ships with destroyers as cannon fodder, and take as much space as I can while keeping enemy resources diverted to defending the home base and not expansion. So, I'd say defense.