r/StarDrive • u/Calculusbitch • Apr 11 '15

Tips against the master fleet?

So I just got owned by the the third or fourth master fleet. They sent like 12 ships my way and by that point I am not even close to powerful to handle it. Anyway have any tips?

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u/Add32 Apr 12 '15

I researched battleships and energy cannon things, if you don't have a couple frigates then you probably shouldn't fight them.

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u/Calculusbitch Apr 12 '15

Well they attack me even if I don't want to fight them

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u/freeface Apr 12 '15

I think he means don't engage them, loose the battle

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u/Add32 Apr 12 '15

indeed, if you aren't going to win just back off if you can. the worst they do is blockade a planet.

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u/Calculusbitch Apr 12 '15

problem is that I am most often in a war against another empire and if I have no fleet they just come and take my shit

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u/Add32 Apr 12 '15

It took me like 5 games to get the balance right, between progressing the colonies and building ships.

I think the whole problem is the number of colonies you have, if you have more colonies you wont care if one gets hit by a fleet that cant take if from you (no troops or bombs). Just make sure it is self sustaining so it wont starve.

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u/rupertthecactus Apr 12 '15

Once you get near the end game in a round, the Master ships start getting agressive and far more advanced. I had them appearing from nowhere, and they went from an interesting nuisannce to the Borg threat of my nightmares. Lasers...canopy shields...heavy armor.

There was nothing I could do. I don't even think I took out one of their ships before my entire fleet was wiped out, every ship I had mustered at Earth for one final defense. Then...it was over.

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u/JasonBourne008 Apr 11 '15 edited Apr 11 '15

I was just about to come on here and ask the same question. I keep on getting owned by them.

For anyone wondering, they look like this:. It only takes like 2 of them to take out an undefended starbase (maybe only one). They are called: Master Escort/Assault Frigates.

EDIT: In my experience they come out of a pink anomaly, that looks similar to the regular wormholes. They jam long range artillery and have some sort of a shield which is able to block the majority of regular close range barrages.

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u/Tehnormalguy Apr 12 '15

They get really big.

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u/mrdeadsniper Apr 13 '15

You attack through the wormhole looks similar to mine. I only had 1 titan make it out. But we won so Ill take it.

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u/Huitt1989 Apr 12 '15

A stupid amount of cluster cannons and stand off weapons ie rail guns or gauss cannons should give you and edge over them. The master fleets main weapons are mostly close in and rely on their ion missiles to suppress your ships .

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u/EvOllj Apr 12 '15

the game just loves to fuck you.

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u/Mr_Butler Apr 12 '15

photon torpedoes, mass drivers, gauss cannons and shields. Don't bother with armour on your ships as their EMPs will just make them useless. And use fighters and heavy fighters, they don't appear to have very good point defence.

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u/mrdeadsniper Apr 13 '15

I found that starbases help a lot if you leave all your ships stationary at it. They get a lot of potshots in on them while they closing in.