I am kinda wondering how you lot tend to approach the way you complete normal combat missions, how you decide who or what to shoot first. I am not entirely sure whether the way I approach things is all that effective, so I would like to hear how you do that.
Generally, I fly ships with Artillery and reasonably long range. So I usually fly towards the enemy until I am at a range that affords me a reasonable chance of hitting them (usually optimal plus falloff x 1 plus a little more) and stop completely. I start off (in lvl 3 missions) by targeting the frigates, as I can usually destroy one and sometimes two with a single salvo as long as they are not to close. This is supposed to rapidly reduce the incoming damage. If the frigates get too close to hit I send my drones after them. If I destroy them before they get in range, I repeat the strategy with Cruisers. Once Cruisers are within optimal range, I tend to turn around and fly away while trying to keep them around max optimal range.
Most stuff doesn�t last long enough to bother with orbiting or things like that.
So what do you think? Valid strategy? Dumb strategy? What can I do to improve? I am getting kinda nervous with level 4 missions around the corner, so I want to be as prepared as I can get.
Generally, I fly ships with Artillery and reasonably long range. So I usually fly towards the enemy until I am at a range that affords me a reasonable chance of hitting them (usually optimal plus falloff x 1 plus a little more) and stop completely. I start off (in lvl 3 missions) by targeting the frigates, as I can usually destroy one and sometimes two with a single salvo as long as they are not to close. This is supposed to rapidly reduce the incoming damage. If the frigates get too close to hit I send my drones after them. If I destroy them before they get in range, I repeat the strategy with Cruisers. Once Cruisers are within optimal range, I tend to turn around and fly away while trying to keep them around max optimal range.
Most stuff doesn�t last long enough to bother with orbiting or things like that.
So what do you think? Valid strategy? Dumb strategy? What can I do to improve? I am getting kinda nervous with level 4 missions around the corner, so I want to be as prepared as I can get.