Help me micro

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I tried using fleets, but they seem cumbersome and units auto join them in an annoying fashion making them near useless as far as I can tell.

I believe the proper way to micro is likely to hotkey masses of like units, to ctrl + 1, ctrl + 2, etc.. is this correct?

 

One annoyance is that when I have say, an entire group of 10 kodiaks selected, and I click to use their speed boosting afterburners, only one unit will do so. I have to sit there and manually click all 10. Is there a way around this?

Also, how important is positioning? When micro'ing, do you say for example pull your LRM's out of the fray and position them at max distance to keep them safer? 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I believe the proper way to micro is likely to hotkey masses of like units, to ctrl + 1, ctrl + 2, etc.. is this correct?
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Yup

 

Also, how important is positioning? When micro'ing, do you say for example pull your LRM's out of the fray and position them at max distance to keep them safer?
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If your opponent is any good, you'll be constantly repositioning.  LRF are very vulnerable to enemy flaks, so you have to move them to minimize flak damage.  That means trying to keep your distance (though a good opponent will close the distance and force you to reposition repeatedly).  Good players always seek to avoid damage while maximizing what they deal to the enemy.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Interesting, I thought Flak was only eff vs fighters & bombers? 

Also, any response to the ability question about kodiaks? I really don't like how I am having to individually select each kodiak to power the afterburners on when rushing down a LRF. Thx for the help!

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

LRF share the same armor type as bombers.

As for the Kodiaks, I just leave it on autocast and it does the trick.  Most of the time pursuing LRF isn't a big deal since Kodiaks are faster than them anyways, and you don't actually want to overshoot.  Now, pursuing carriers is another matter, but generally you use Cobalts for that.