Defense Strategy

posted on December 22nd, 2008, 11:05 am

The best defense is a good offense. I only tend to build few turrets around my mining stations. Turrets are expensive and out ranged by many strong ships so the best way to defend a base is to have a balanced fleet.

posted on December 22nd, 2008, 11:15 am

I agree. The turrets have too little firepower, and their range is limited. I don't use them either. I think their range should be increased and made a little tougher.

posted on December 22nd, 2008, 1:36 pm

if you research the  2 shield upgrades they become really hard to beat with a few ships, but they lack range and this is a major drawback. 

posted on December 22nd, 2008, 1:50 pm

turret can come in handy in early game around miningstations, cause you cant pull them away leaving the station undefended. so instead of the oponent harrassing your economy he has to get his ships out or send more, and in the meantime you can send a few ships for backup.
on the other hand.. against the ships with artillery range its pretty useless without any support.
but it really depends on the playstyle.