Using 2 cobalts, one Kol, and 6 light carriers I decimated a fleet of 45 cobalts without incurring one lost ship. The battle took place on a dead asteroid I owned. The enemy slowly built up his fleet after a larger battle in which I sustained many lost ships but took his Kol. He sat all his ships at the edge of the farside grav well, with a lane to his desert. I jumped in my small fleet together from the north and immediately moved the cobalts to east and west. I allowed my bombers and Kol to do what they wanted. The enemy split his force to chase my cobalts, but I move my kol toward west as a distraction for the west cobalt to move to the south.
At this point, I had bombers bombing together, carriers at top north, one cobalt on the east edge, the other turning from near the west edge to go south, with my Kol in the middle of the 20 or so enemy fleet trailing my south bound cobalt. I then move the east cobalt through the enemy to the south to meet the other. So now there is a diamond formation with my cobalts at south, two enemy fleets moving south from east and west and my Kol at north (a lil off center) all the while with my bombers bombing.
Next I move my two cobalt together in a continuous triangle (moving east to west to south) all the while under the asteroid to stay away from the carriers. My Kol runs a circle inside the triangle to attack without my help. The only manual move I make it to move my cobalts. For some reason, the enemy forms a long line to follow, but never cuts me off or traps me.
So, I won. I want to discuss how better AI movement and maneuvering will be needed to combat such advantages that are gained with such micro-management, but I know not how to facilitate such a discussion. So here is my problem with the AI and what I see as "dumb" behavior. enjoy