Re: FT: Prospective Novice

> I have seriously been considering making FT my next little splurge.

Good!

> First off, let me say that while I enjoy gaming, I have discovered I
am very
> good at getting my posterior delivered to me

Join the club. How else do you learn?

> Then I had the one stroke of brilliance I've ever claimed in wargaming
> (Nothing I've ever done as an adult gamer came close in inspiration).

> Once well enough away that his drones would die before hitting me, I
turned
> around, picked up velocity in the other direction (Towards him), and
swooped
> in.  By the time I returned to the battlefield, I was moving to fast
for the
> drones to track me.  I laid a pretty heavy dose of hurt on one of his
ships,
> kept going, then turned around to do it all over again.
 
> Now I'm not saying that's the kind of tactic I'll rely on once I learn
the
> game.  But this gives you a taste of my limited experience.
> 
> So what does everyone think?	Will I make an OK spacer?

Congratulations. You just (re)invented one of the major principles of
air warfare. And (unlike most air forces) you didn't take years to do
it, nor was your life in danger.  Like you with SFB, they didn't know
the "rules of the game" very well, and were often up against people who
did.

That's actually quite impressive.

Would the same tactics work in FT? Against some fleets and opponents,
undoubtedly. Against others, you'd get creamed. But hopefully, either
way, you'd have a good time.

If you can think "out of the box" like that, then I'd say you;d make a
good opponent, regardless of the game.