Last Drone Loaded
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:20 pm
For heavy drone-using empires: There's a lot of planning put into packing as many drones into a wave as possible, so as to overwhelm an enemy's intercepts and start scoring hits. What I'm going to say is going to go against that, but give it a thought...
I've noticed that when defenders have heavy drone waves inbound, they tend to plan their defensive fire and power usage around intercepting those drones- and then (if they're still there) expend the rest of their power and unfired weapons in the offensive fire phase of that same impulse or the next one. Next time you play the Kzinti (or Orion or WYN with drones in the option mounts, or Feds or Klingons with drone cruisers along...) consider holding back a drone launcher or two out of your drone wave. There's a decent chance that your opponent will run himself out of intercepts (either in terms of power or unfired weapons) handling your initial massive volley, and a drone or two launched at the end of that impulse may suddenly become a serious problem for him...
I've noticed that when defenders have heavy drone waves inbound, they tend to plan their defensive fire and power usage around intercepting those drones- and then (if they're still there) expend the rest of their power and unfired weapons in the offensive fire phase of that same impulse or the next one. Next time you play the Kzinti (or Orion or WYN with drones in the option mounts, or Feds or Klingons with drone cruisers along...) consider holding back a drone launcher or two out of your drone wave. There's a decent chance that your opponent will run himself out of intercepts (either in terms of power or unfired weapons) handling your initial massive volley, and a drone or two launched at the end of that impulse may suddenly become a serious problem for him...