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=== Basic fleet tactics === | === Basic fleet tactics === | ||
*Make sure your SC and FC know they have a/some bombers. Do this '''before the fleet undocks'''. Check that | *Make sure your SC and FC know they have a/some bombers. Do this '''before the fleet undocks'''. <br /> | ||
"This is Joe Spaceman checking in. I have a Purifier with Dread Gurista Mjolnir torpedoes and 4 Focus Void Bombs. Where do you want me?" | |||
Check that the FC is happy to have bombers along, and find out if they want to use you in a specific way. | |||
*Travel ahead or behind the fleet. Do your best to travel just behind or in front of the fleet (sort of a -1 or -0.5). Showing up after the battle is in full swing for a surgical strike is where bombers really shine. Your goal isn't to be the first thing they see, but the last. | *Travel ahead or behind the fleet. Do your best to travel just behind or in front of the fleet (sort of a -1 or -0.5). Showing up after the battle is in full swing for a surgical strike is where bombers really shine. Your goal isn't to be the first thing they see, but the last. | ||
*Land on grid and move to the side. After landing at the battle grid, double click in space in a direction perpendicular to the direction you approached from before realigning. This will keep fleetmates who show up a few moments after you from decloaking you if they arrive on grid on the same line. | *Land on grid and move to the side. After landing at the battle grid, double click in space in a direction perpendicular to the direction you approached from before realigning. This will keep fleetmates who show up a few moments after you from decloaking you if they arrive on grid on the same line. | ||