I'm a TEC man at heart, although the Vasari do intrigue me. I guess its the rough feel to there ships, and I like their fluff. I really like seeing the wall of missiles that spew from the Javelis LRMs, and they don't sound funny when they talk. The Vasari just seem a little too slow and expensive for my tastes. As for the advent who would want to play as a bunch of exiled psychic space hippies anyway.
Doppelganger and Systems of War. Nice size, secure bases plenty of time, and still plenty of battles.
My standard tactics rely heavily on my empire tree with stacking. I'll grab all my caps and maybe a 10 stack of lrms and focus fire on a cap ship. The argument that damage reduction has diminshing returns doesn't convince me. Enough missiles hittin g will shred a ship even with 60% DR. I then take my 10 stacks of ships and assign them to attack a stack of enemy ships. They'll auto focus fire and I don't have to worry to much. Also if you take a small group of siege frigates and get past
I'm personally fond of the Akkan. Its usually my first Capship built, because it can take on asteroids and even ice/lava worlds by itself. Then the Added range may not add much DPS-wise for your lrms. However, it can add a couple of seconds, and therefore, damage. The Ion Bolt is helpful, but I find it somewhat underwehlming in larger battles. Another feature of the Akkan I like is the almost instant colonization of a freshly taken world when I attach it to my main attacking fleet. It
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