jcwiggens wrote:
i try to look at other ships even if im not battling them to see what they have as far as tech goes90 percent of the time my tech is much more advanced and the only ones i cannot defeat are the fighting ships that are all battles and no scans, i have not done a lot of weapons research and only have ion cannons as opposed to the Quantum Capacitor Mark IV that i have completed in the energy tier. my question is , am i facing these opponents because my ship power is low or are these the guys near me or who started at the same time. what determines my opponent?
what lv are you? im 43 and i just got quantum mk4's. but i have phase cannons vs your ion cannons. what determines your opponent in combat is the att + def scores. the higher the # the better you will do. so put a day or so worth of RP into weapons or def and then spend top dollar to equip the best guns etc. then you will be unmatched @ your level and wont need to worry about the other 10%. for me if i have H Plasmas and i see someone with H Ion or light plasmas i will supercharge weapon research to complete a whole tier. so im currently on my way to H phased when the highest enemy has light plasmas.
edit: the scan and cloak will affect who can see you vs who you can see in your list... so its better to be prepaired for all of them that are able to see you in your general level range.
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