Sins of A Solar Empire: Entrenchment - Starbase versus large fleet

Goon and I played a 4 hour long match, taking out most of the computers, when I started to get tired, we decided to have a little showdown to end it all.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Sins
• of
• Solar
• Empire
• entrenchment
• mp
• multiplayer
• rts
• space
• fleet
• frigates
• cruisers
• starbase
• star
• base
• TEC
• vs
• Vasari
• goon165
• galm
• Stardock
• Games

[H3TCykaCT0]

And, mute.

[GamerClipz]

@H3TCykaCT0 Oooo, so cool and edgy.

[GamingLeeLee]

epic battle very entertaining...your commentary was seriously annoying but that aside good vid :)

[GamerClipz]

@GamingLeeLee What commentary? Do you mean the other player?

[Clemm321]

you know, you did have an aoe attack. the radiation bomb from that marza cap ship

[GamerClipz]

We were really just trying to see if frigates could do anything, although had we been really playing I probably would've used a better force + used more cap abilities.

[skayerlee18]

TEC Rule

[Vespidiant]

lol good day commander

[Endelite]

Generally you'd either deal with or avoid the mines. :)

Really though, were you turning on cinematic mode to try to make it a better video? It's not a good idea if you are trying to demonstrate anything (even with this army rather than managing the battle more and having a more ideal fleet etc).

[Rototornik]

go traders!

[gmdimaano]

awesome battle. If I were the Vasari, I'd probably resorted to an Orkulus assault. Plant a space turnip in his grav well, protected by Overseers, and level it up to take on the Argonev. I once took out a fully upgraded Transencia this way. Can't wait for the new expansion, Rebellion. We'll see dedicated starbase-killers with the new Titan-class ships.

[gutterman2010]

@XoRandomGuyoX both a well made varsi starbase and a kostura are very expensive, especially when several anti building units blast it for an eighth of the cost, i find it better to use starbases at border planets of at leastn 3 empires, so i can launch a campaign without being flanked, a starbase next to a pirate base and the crossroads is all you ever need, the varsi can also be do a lot with their base units, whose higher attack is superior to the other races

[XoRandomGuyoX]

@gutterman2010

What the Vasari lack in non-starbase counters to starbases, they make up for with Scramble Bombers on the Skirantra carrier capitals, also since their bombers have phase missiles you can use a Subverter to bypass the shields and mitigation of the starbase.

The Vasari starbase can also be THE defense, at least against the AI, since it can move around the gravity well. Build a Kostura Cannon and you can bypass enemy starbases and attack their home planets.

[whatewer23]

Not for bad but, why do people plase their star bases at the edge of the gravity well?

I allways put them close to my planet, so it can fire at any enmy ship that tries to get close at my planet, also i put tons of gauss turrets to form a ring around my planet so no one could bombard it.

Also i heavily mine the edge of the gravity well for the direction where there is an enemy colony.

[gutterman2010]

the starbase is ment to complement the defense not be it, place it into your main cluster of buildings and get d tures, also some hanger defensses with flak turets should surround it, by the way, the varsi suck against starbases, no anti buildings

[existentaeinutila]

hey dudes...just one simple noob question.Where can I build the starbase from?I understand this is entrenchment and I don't see any icon for starbase in the tactics buildings.The mines are the only thing that are new.So...if you please try to clarify this situation for me,where exactly do I look for this starbase?