Tips & Tricks for Beginners

– Even if you lose a battle, you’ll earn some renown and admiral experience.

– Assassination targets are always admiral ships.

– Data to be secured always originates from an admiral ship.

– Lances, Pulsars and Zzap always hit and ignore most of the armour.

– Losing a ship is expensive. Don’t hesitate to disengage through a Warp Jump.

– Repairs of destroyed and heavily damaged ships can be hastened using renown.

– A ship lost in the warp isn’t available for a given duration.

– Imperium and Chaos fleets are perfect for beginners.

– Level up your admiral to unlock more powerful ships for your fleet.

– Leveling up your captains unlocks more upgrade slots for his ship.

– Every ship has defence turrets that have a chance to destroy enemy torpedoes, attack craft and assault boats.

– Don’t hesitate to specialise your ships in precise roles via skills and upgrades.

– Special Orders are strong, temporary buffs to fit various situations.

– “Recharge!” is a Special Order that reduces cooldowns and replenishes the combustion gauge.

– “Lock On!” is a Special Order that enhances both precision and critical chances.

– “Brace for Impact” impairs enemy precision and hardens the ship’s armour.

– “Running Silent” conceals your ship’s presence to long range scanners for sneak attacks.

– Imperium and Chaos fleets are perfect for beginners.

– Escort Ships’ speed and low cost makes them fit for recon duty or for softening the enemy for Line Ships.

– Escort ships are clean losses: you can always take some in your fleets and they don’t need repairs.

– The behaviour panel has an auto-targeting system you can set up. Use it if micro managing your fleet is too difficult.

– A Right-Click on a skill sets it on Auto Launch. It will be used automatically under specific conditions.

– In single player, press [SpaceBar] to slow down the game. It’ll give you time to think, plan and order your ships.

– Click on an enemy ship to set its priority value. Priority 1 will be targeted first, priority 4 will be left for last.

– Access the more detailed version of certain tooltips and in-game infos by pressing ALT.

– ALT can be used ingame to see the sizes and effects of Gas and Asteroid fields.

– Armour gives you a chance to cancel damage by blocking hits.

– Use [SpaceBar] to slow down time in order to manage your fleet more efficiently.own time in order to manage your fleet more efficiently.