Re: Prospective Novice

Derek Fulton wrote:
> 
> At 08:08  5/11/01 -0800, Jaime Tiampo wrote:
> 
> >The system I employ is to have all the ships possible within 6" of
each
> >other. This alloys for an "area defence net" where all the PDS are
> >dispersed in the fleet so every ship can support any of the ships in
the
> >fleet. It makes the fleet easier to hit with mass salvos but makes
the
> >defence net more resiliant and allows for a greater total PDS
defence.
> 
> Networking the point defenses is STILL crucial in our games. Beth
doesn't
> believe in spreading out her SMs, they arrive in tightly bunched
groups. Of
> course I return the favour with waves of MT missiles (launched from
> modified DDs) capable picking out the target and not just attacking
the
> nearest.
> 
> But then you meeting the Phalons :)

So far I haven't seen a big problem with the phalons, but then all I've
seen is stock ships. I find the PDS/fighters enough to deal with most of
the plasma bolt problem.

Jaime