Ok, I agree that we both disagree, in our view on point defence weapons.

With "that specific example case" with Scott's tests with PD, that alone is already proof enough

For you, I actually watched the videos of Scott, and they are a bad example, like I suspected earlier in this thread. For ...

Sheesh, that's a lot of spite, and though claiming the guide is dumb on many points, many of the criticisms are incorrect. The root problem of much of it is along the lines of 'in this way that I use things, your advice isn't good'. That doesn't invalidate the generally good advice at al

Let me ...

Chapter 4.1:

This chapter is so insane, it is really hard for me to read it again. But here we go.

tl;dr: Blitz tactics tend to win battles. That means fast ships set to Aggressive, with Blaster or Beam spam (to prevent wasted shots), a Long Range Tractor for range dictation and one Beam PD for ...

Chapter 3.1.

Prioritize Ion Shields at T3 research. This also helps against the Hive. At least 8 ion defense nullifies the damage and some disable effects of nebulae, making T4 Ion Armor even better for civ ships due to added armor and lower size (faster speed). Inside those nebulae you can find ...

Chapter 2

Fast progress is key, offset by empires' tendency to declare war on more powerful empires. I'm unsure if envy is caused by territory, population, technology, economy or some combination. High population growth causes your empire to expand more rapidly, causing its borders to span further ...

So I waited for sometime now, because I thought somebody would actually criticize this "advanced" "guide". But nobody did, so here I am: This paper you wrote, is first: full of wrong and misleading information, second: full of beginner tips not worthy an "advanced" guide, third: full of bla bla that ...