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[quote who="EadTaes" reply="23" id="3250468"]Well as a player that plays only TEC in MP and that many here as have been on my receiving end I will give you some pointers. First off the first that that you doing glaringly wrong is that you are ignoring the best ship the TEC fleet has. The hoshiko is the backbone and lifeblood of any TEC fleet. Early game 10 or so are essential, mid game bump it to 20, and for late game 30-40 depending on how good your opponent is.

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="14" id="3248426"] Okay, excuse me but my newb alert senses have gone off. [/quote] And I thought I had my left turn signal on for the last 15 kms, clearly indicating my newbishness. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [quote who="GoaFan77" reply="14" id="3248426"]IMO the three main mistakes newb players make are the following. 1. They expand too slow. [/quote] I think I expand quite rapidly - I don't time it but colonizing is the first thing I d

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="12" id="3247996"] Most MP games do not last long enough for players to max out their fleet supply. Also keep in mind the fleet upkeep makes getting maximum fleet supply a huge drain on your economy. Definitely keep whatever fleet supply you have researched used up, but you need to be careful when you choose to expand it. Many pro players only expand it when they are in danger of losing. I'd say if you're routinely going beyond the 4th research of flee

[quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="6" id="3247721"]Haha - not sure if any 12 year old girls play online - somehow I doubt it but you never know... I think you misunderstood Goa's point about double colonization. You don't need a turret in the well where your Akkan is - you need it for the well where you are just using a colony frigate. [/quote] Children playing online was more in reference to FPS&#39

[quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="2" id="3247662"]The only hotkeys I use are Ctrl + 1,2,3 for Capital Ships and Titan, spacebar to centre on whatever planet you select from zoomed out and then Capslock or Z to zoom in to view what's going on around that planet. Like Goa said, there isn't much point in Ctrl hotkeying various ship types as you can just Alt + select one ship from Empire Tree or in the gravity well to select all of one type when you need to. I strongly recommend hotkeying your

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="1" id="3247643"] Practice double colonization and leaving a turret to mop up militia in single player. [/quote] This is something I have to work on. I've tried a few times, but by the time the turret is built I usually have beaten the militia with my Akkan/support fleet (cobalts/scouts). I understand the "circle your well with a decoy" but is there no "patrol" option so I don't have to click 100+ times to route the decoy ship while the turret

I'm fairly new to the game and I play generally single player (mp I hate getting smoked EVERYtime) - usually random medium maps on normal AI difficulty. I usually play as TR or TL. I understand the basics of aggressive expansion (I forever see The Joker's face when I hear those words) and general fleet make up. I've read many threads here and it has changed my style to where I think I can successfully take on higher difficulty or larger maps, and I'm thankful for that. Typical