X4 Foundations: 9.0 Beta 1 - A change of tacticts required for the paranid fleet, this might be it

Описание: Hello everybody,

Paranid fleet test, take 3.
What changed? Mass drivers for all...well, now mass drivers on all the turrets of the Odysseus.
Also, tried Ares bombers with mass drivers...they suck, I will upload that mess of a test at another time. :P

Conclusions:
I finally understand the devs vision for the 9.0 update... What is it, you ask...

Well, in 9.0, fleet combat core will be destroyers, with the rest of the ships, acting like litlle helpers, interceptors to take on escorts, and the former S bombers, to take on turrets of xenon capitals, and aid with the interceptor duties. On that subject, I will give the former torpedo Ares, the interceptor Ares loadout, 2 beam + 2 burst ray, for both combat duties.
So, if the unfriendly xenon capital approaches your fleet, the destroyers must take advanced point, with attack orders, don't wait for the bombard role default attack orders to kick in.
The old tactic that I used in the past...move the carrier in the middle of the xenon task force, select launched for all S bomber, and along with M bombers, they will engage and anihilate all the Ks and Is...will end only in disaster...don't ask me how I know :P

The results of the new, destroyer based core, fleet combat tactics?
Zero losses....oh yeah, all my boys and girls got to go home and celebrate. :D

Next we move on to station demolition:
L mass driver turrets range mean that the use of the main batteries will be reduced. Still better that the L plasma not firing.
The L mass driver turrets focused Odysseus, will take longer to take out stations, but the distance keeping is improved. Not perfect, as you will see i the test, but they all survived, and if need be, I can always snipe the L turrets with a personal destroyer.

In conclusion, I think this is about it, for fleet tactics.

I would need to check if the L argon plasma suffered the same range nerf, compared to the Behemoth main batteries, to see if they will fire at stations. And to see how the terran destroyers nerfs will affect their performance, against xenon capitals and stations...in short, how different is the meson L turret compared to the Mass driver L turret, in terms of dmg.
Unlike the mass driver L turret, I don't think the L meson was meant to be an anti ship/station turrets, but like the beam that it replaced, an AA turret.

Well, that's for another time, have a good one, and drop in the comments what you thing about my boys and girls performance in this one. :)

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