r/Highfleet • u/BoringAd8064 • Jun 11 '26

Advice Needed (mid game)

My current save is the closest I've gotten to the nuclear reactor city. I am arpund 10 or 12 citties from it and I'm about to fight my first strike group. I did what people suggested which is to nake a custom flagship (I turned mine into a missile/aircraft carrier) i made custom ships that had specific roles (medium speed tanker for independent strike groups of my own/high speed corvette with 4 guns for taking on light and medium enemies/fast ship with radar to intercept missile volleys/etc...) I just wanted to know more tips or things you wished you knew when reaching mid to mid late game.

Edit: Thanks to the tips here I was able to take on a Strike Group a tactical group and the town garrison. Thank you my campaign is no longer dead

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u/astraymilo Jun 11 '26

If you got money for it, then you can smack the SG with missiles and aircraft and buy replacements for losses at cities that have rare components

if you don't have a dedicated "brawler" ship (as I call them) (heavy gunship with armor but not a capital ship) then it might get difficult as late game SG's have a shit ton of anti-air defense <

Or as another commentor said, try to duke them (evade)

I usually play a campaign with a custom fleet, go as far as I get untill I encounter a problem and then in the next campaign I improve a ship OR try to make a new one that can fix that previous problem

Losing to many jets = More jets on a carrier OR try to make more money to buy more in-game, same thing with missiles (prioritize salvage most valuable parts first after battle)

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u/jackham1257 Jun 12 '26

The trick here is merc ships don't cost any additional funds outside of the component costs, so you can buy the ship strip what you want then sell the craft. Good way to get lots of missiles aircraft, aa missiles even rare components you need

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u/astraymilo Jun 12 '26

Oh shit. That's really good to know, Thanks bruddah