Why has the planet cargo fleets been ramped up?

adder2204

After spending a week or so getting recs from planet ships I now find my same tactics are being torn up by having my ships destroyed in just a couple of hits. I know this has changed and wondering why? Also the repair damage for the same level of damage is now taking longer? Is there a good reason behind this? 

Krazie243

There were a few modifications to how fleets move but we can't tell what.

That all pales in the face of the fact that I can still do 15s, 17s and 20s with 5 Corvettes and 1 Harrier + Railguns without damage and I can do Vega 37s and 40s with 6 Harriers + Railguns or Torp/Railgun without damage. So I suggest you just learn to adapt.

ArcAngelSlayer

I can do all planet cargo's perfectly with a single exodus backed up by a few longbows. And vegas still with just harriers.

However they are doing more damage, the weapons have changed and some weapon and ship specs have changed causing an overall difference in combat.

I actually welcome some of the changes in a way, I like the less predictable combat with rancors due to plasma chargers instead of rails, very nice touch and can catch you out if you're not careful.

Pirate_Steve

I think everyone needs to pause and consider one very important fact....we are still in closed beta.  There will be many adjustments and changes as the dev's get feed back from us and the data.  They have to find a happy medium between acquiring resources and damage.  From what I've read, they have changed some weapons on the cargo fleets and speed adjustments.

EpicPixels

I know there has been a bunch of changes, but now the repair cost consumes what I bring in from res. Used to be able to run a #10-15 fleet into 1-5's on auto with 1/4 damage...funny how a 1-5 can whip a #10-15 fleet.  Now your gonna say "command the ships"...well, I do that too....just I think a few of my ship commanders are on the sauce, they tend to run a suicide mission..no matter where I tell them to go. Getting res as a new person, is total impossible right now.

Krazie243

Well tell your ship captains to lay off the sauce. Get a better computer or browser or some such. I've found that on performance PCs there is rarely an issue, but on lesser I have the occasional issue.

Getting res as a new person is the easiest thing in the world. I have a strat of 5 Corvettes and 1 Harrier all with max railguns that will take on any 15-20 without damage. For Vega 37s and 40s I use 6 Harriers with all railguns. Plasma torps are better if you can get them. They do the job faster, but you can do without damage either way.

If you happen to be in sector 100 I would be happy to demonstrate this to you. If not, well travel. It is incredibly easy to gather res in this game. Currently I have maxed out my wares at 5M+ each and am waiting to be able to spend some.

The Retaliator

yeah, its far too easy to get res. max out all res and waiting for 6d for an upgrade. this game is already starting to become like BP/WC. though in those it at least took a few months before i was maxed out on res and simply waiting for an upgrade.