Defending the Death Star

[KiDmustanG728]

I've been playing this game for years but I never figured out how you defend a Death Star in combat. The manual says that you need to have alot of fighters [obviously]. But I just fought a battle against a large Rebel fleet where I had around 120 fighters. They had significantly less, around 40 or so. But they still were able to destroy my death star. Then I went back and simulated the battle and the Death Star wasnt destroyed. Then I went back again and played the battle myself and the Death Star wasnt destroyed. Im lost. Is it random?

[Evaders99]

Simulation, it seems, is pretty random. I like playing my battles out... generally less lost ships.

 

Death Star shield anyone?

[KiDmustanG728]

Yeah simulating battles is much less fun then fighting them out.

 

But I'm using the DS to attack so shields are impossible.

[BadSamaritan]

it doess seem to be random for me. No matter how many fighters i have, that blasted trench run disease can gets about half the time.

[KiDmustanG728]

I guess I'll conclude that it helps to have overwhelming numbers of fighters but in the end it is random.

[Canno]

Well to defend it you just got to have alot of fighters and anti fighter craft to take out the enemy fighters befor they get to do a trench run when they do a get to the death star a preform a trench run I think its calculated randomly dont know what the chances are though but if they make it you loss the death star or they lloss there squadren

 

Its really simple DON'T LET ANY REBLE FIGHTERS LIVE!

[KiDmustanG728]

Yes but rebel fighters start in space already. So they can immediately attack the DS. Imperial fighters still have to launch from their ships so being able to muster enough fighters to prevent the rebels from getting close enough to the DS is hard too. Heh.

[Canno]

Ya I see your point... well oonce you get the tie deffenders the rebles don't have that in there favor any more cuse your tie defs start in space to!

 

It seems to me that with this game the death sttar iisn't so much an indestruckable wepon that is used in space agaist other ships its more of a diplomisy type spacce station cuse you make it sit around above a planet and it helps out there loalty towards you.

 

Itts sceond big use is to arive at a target pplanet that has nerly ivinceable ground deffences and.... blow the planet up!

 

This is just based on what I have heard aboout it and what it does I haven't really been able to use one yet but I am building one around correlia right now.... DON'T TELL ANY REBLES THAT!!!

[KiDmustanG728]

Hah well I just like to have them cruising around the galaxy supported by a large fleet. Not so much blowing up a planet but if you combine them with a few Victory II's, you can blow through any defenses.

 

And yes Defenders seem like the best choice to defend DS's. Obviously because they are called defenders heheh. Probably why the manual specifically suggests that you use them when they become available.

[glandry]

You need a lot fighters, preferable defenders or interceptors, but they need to be stationed ON the death star, not on your other ships. They will be the fighters that will defend your death star.

[Canno]

So do the fighters that you put on your death star stay with the death star or somethin? do they start in a diffent place when you go into battle?

or do they just start in the same place as the others? if they do start with the others then why do you say that its the ones you have on the death star that defend it cuse if you got a fleet with it then it seems you should have all your fighters no matter what ship they were on deffend the death star

[glandry]

I think if you station them on the death star, they stay there. You will not be able to control them. That`s what I remember anyway. I don`t usually bother building a death star.

[Canno]

Hmm well i'll find out soon only about 50-60 days tell mines done...........

[the_mask]

Nope all the fighters start in the same place, but usually mine are swarming over those of the Rebels, so they are a trifle too busy to attack the Deathstar. Also the Lancers give 'em something to do as well

[Canno]

Well I guess it doesn't really matter where they start as long as they kill all the rebel Scum befor they get to the death star.

 

But you would think that after the first death star that they would change the design to get rid of that little exaust port thing that they keep shooting torpedos in!

[Mad78]

Bof... Personnaly I believe that the DS is far too expensive compared to the cost to destroy it. so I never buils any.

[Lord_La_forge]

Just open Rebed...

[Mad78]

I tend to find that making costs too low doesn't make the game as fun.

[Canno]

I usealy make things more expeive but I make the advanced facillities take only 1 day per cost unit and the low grade ones take 3 days I also take the time it takes for mines and refinaries down by about 1 or 2 days

 

I just find mixing things around can make it kind of more interesting some times

[Bill]

The Death Star is the ultimate weapon, you don't need to guard it, it has enough weapons on it to destroy anything.

[Mad78]

That's what Tarkin says. Ohh ... Sorry. said

[KiDmustanG728]

It's best to cut the AI's construction costs down so that they can attempt to pose a challenge. By doing that, I find they build massive fleets but still do not build any gravity well ships to prevent me from retreating.... sigh

[Mad78]

When I play the Empire the sometimes build CC-7700.

[mawshiye]

rebel fighters start in space already. So they can immediately attack the DS. Imperial fighters still have to launch from their ships so being able to muster enough fighters to prevent the rebels from getting close enough to the DS is hard too. Heh.

 

You got that right. In order for a trench run to happen the Rebels have to have more fighters deployed than the Imperials. If you have to launch all of your fighters the Rebels may be able to pull off a few runs before you have launched enough squadrons.

 

Whenever I build a DS I stock it with a full load of Tie Defenders and add it to one of my fleets that have over 100 fighters each. Not to mention the dozens of Lancers that I add too. Die, Rebel Scum!!!!! :twisted:

[ElvisMiggell]

I lost a DS the other day, i removed fighter from the game, but of course the rebels always start with some, and sure enough, first run they made, they destroyed my lovely weapon of mass destruction.