I'm surprised you beat them so decisively. In every fleet engagement I've had, large numbers of small ships won against fewer tougher ships every time. Even when I beat the Orion Guardian and got the best beam weapons and armor in the game, same story.
Beam weapons are great for large ships that can house A LOT of them and shoot from afar. However, Beams can easly be countered with correct defensive tools such as absorbtion and energy shield. There are also perks that give beam defense to ships so it can be less effective against specific targets such as Guardian. I prefer to use torpedoes on frigates, Which annihilate the shields per design. Advanced Rockets on Destroyers, which keep the Point defense busy AND deal tremendous damage to hulls. Make Tanky Cruisers with same Rockets so they can absorb some damage while Battleships can snipe the targets from afar with energy weapons. Using A LOT of small ships to keep the Guardian busy works since the deathray deals more damage to the same target longer it fires. When there are too many targets to shoot and it constantly is interrupted, Guardian's effectiveness is halved.
1:51 You obviously considered the offer carefully, lol.
I'm surprised you beat them so decisively. In every fleet engagement I've had, large numbers of small ships won against fewer tougher ships every time. Even when I beat the Orion Guardian and got the best beam weapons and armor in the game, same story.
Beam weapons are great for large ships that can house A LOT of them and shoot from afar.
However, Beams can easly be countered with correct defensive tools such as absorbtion and energy shield.
There are also perks that give beam defense to ships so it can be less effective against specific targets such as Guardian.
I prefer to use torpedoes on frigates, Which annihilate the shields per design. Advanced Rockets on Destroyers, which keep the Point defense busy AND deal tremendous damage to hulls.
Make Tanky Cruisers with same Rockets so they can absorb some damage while Battleships can snipe the targets from afar with energy weapons.
Using A LOT of small ships to keep the Guardian busy works since the deathray deals more damage to the same target longer it fires. When there are too many targets to shoot and it constantly is interrupted, Guardian's effectiveness is halved.