Starbases are too strong

[taltamir]

ORIGINAL: lordxorn

ORIGINAL: Duckfang

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

I have to say I've been able to take out such starbases with smaller fleets than 40 ships. Is there a significant tech difference between you and this enemy?

I'm inclined to agree with Erik. I've had no trouble destroying large starbases with my warships. You may need to revisit your ship designs if you're losing 40+ ships to a single starbase, or the empire in question may just have better weapons and shields than you do.

His problem is that he let's the AI automate the ship designs.

I never had trouble with large spaceports with automated designs. (I usually leave it on auto to be more fair to the AI; yes, I can design better ships than they can).

You could try to sneak troops, you could IGNORE THEIR HOME WORLD and instead conquer OTHER planets (it is their home world after all)

You could try to outrange it

you could catch up on technology tree...

A large space port costs a bundle and can't move, it better be at least somewhat powerful...

[Fishman]

ORIGINAL: Gertjan

Starbases are too strong IMHO, please see this screenshot, a starbase with a firepower over 800 and incredible shields of over 5000. How can you destroy such a thing. I wasted two strong fleets (over 40 ships!).

A starbase with merely 800 firepower and 5000 shields? I field SHIPS with 3000+ firepower and 24000 shields. That base would explode in like 2 seconds flat without doing a damn thing to me. Additionally, it appears that the bases in question are armed with lazors. Meaning they are as good as unarmed since you can easily outranged them and just bombard them into space debris without them being able to do a damn thing, as bases cannot chase you. You can always break off before you are destroyed. The base cannot run.

[Gertjan]

Good to get some advise from expert players here. I also now try to go for other planets first, before destroying my whole fleet trying to destroy a starbase in the case that my military is not as strong.