what the.. did you read my post in the dev diary?

Settle down there tiger, I was just shocked that he had the exact same idea I did and posted it on the same day (actually within a couple hours). I wasn't sure if he was building on it or it was just coincidence.

I'm playing around with an idear for Armadas atm, the problem as i see it is that even selecting light frigs to chase carriers is not enough as the get out of range of support ships.

So i'd like to be able to make an armada out of several fleets, so that each fleet has a function for the armada and as a whole it is then a rounded self sufficient force.

but this is all just a workaround for the real issue, the AI is just ... dumb. it should know that easy fragging thoose 10 carriers hiding waaaay back there is a good target and send a detachment. it should know that moving lr frigs in front of 20 hv cr is a bad move,  etc etc, the need to micro is just on a stupied high lvl for a game that tries to be epic in scale. A battle in sins should never be won because a certain abillity was microed at a certain time -- that is tactic an i bought a strategy game. games should be won by making the right choicis in fleet comp an empire building not on tactical choices imo.

the battle AI should play at a lvl equal to 90-95% of the very best players. microing a battle should give a small advanatge but atm there is no way the AI will win if you are out numberd but have a better fleet comp without microing simply because it has no comcept of how to use it's abillities.

Imo

The advent holy triology using animosity-> malice -> vengence -> shield restore-> from3 diffrent capitol's should be useble by the ai when all CD's are up while a player that micro's could use it more effectivly by not having to wait for all 3 ships CD's to refresh.

But atm the noob AI just throws the ships around randomly and fires off it's abillities all around randomly ie using malice with 1!!! ship in range etc etc. the result is that on anything but small 1v1 maps ( that are over before you get to that lvl of play anyway)you just spam crap with aoe abilities as microing anything in a 200ship battle let alone 10 20ship battles is pointless.

somehow it's really funny though, we train crews and officers to fly muti trillion spaceships in a battle for our very survival but apperently they sux so bad that we have to make a datalink back to our capital so we can tell them what to do at all times as they apperently never passed 3'rd grade.

"the need to micro is just on a stupied high lvl for a game that tries to be epic in scale. A battle in sins should never be won because a certain abillity was microed at a certain time -- that is tactic an i bought a strategy game. games should be won by making the right choicis in fleet comp an empire building not on tactical choices imo."                        

...As said by kruppe....The tactical choices involved in micro-managing is strategy, along with fleet comp and empire building. That is what makes the game so epic. There is a slow almost chess like strategy to it...But then there is the no hesitation quick choices u have to make in battle which is sometimes the most important part of ur strategy. Making that part easier with squad icons or something would take micro management to a whole new level. In the heat of battle desisions and ship movements must b made quckly...If i cannot quickly move the appropriate ship class to where i want it during battle with reletive ease...The balance of it all seems for naught....Not having squad icons is a setback in forming precise strategies...........And to some....If u want slow pace strategy without the pressure of making on the spot choices....Go fly a kite or buy a chess board or something.

Need more support peeps!