Re: Tactics manual?

On 26-May-00 at 10:49, Earnotch@aol.com (Earnotch@aol.com) wrote:
> In a message dated 5/25/00 11:22:00 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> agoodall@interlog.com writes:
> 
> << I think, though, that general advice for new players would be
helpful. 
> Things
>  like what speed ratings work best under general circumstances, going
after
>   
> the
>  small ships first, how to effectively place salvo missiles, that sort
of
>  thing. Nothing too specific, but just general advice that a new
player can
>  build on. The sort of stuff that takes half a dozen games to figure
out. 
>   >>
> True for one-off games, but for campains where ship constrution is a
> factor,  I target the heavy warships.

Not if you are FSE and are playing a competant opponent.  You target
his small ships with beams, then, when the small guys are dead you
target the salvos on his large ships.

Roger