Fundamental Principle of Ship Designing
Comment: I wanted to include this into my first topic 'Survival Basics for the N00B' but word count exceeded. So I decided to post another thread specially for Layering.
What is Layering?
As you know, several weapons in GO2 requires cool down(CD) e.g. ship-based weapon. Layering (first started in GO1) is introduced to optimize both round so as to be more efficient in battle.
Layering is done by having either a mixture of weaponry or different levels of a weapon type arranged in a systematic order within a fleet, instead of just using one single type of weapon on your ship. This principle can also be applied to defensive modules.
How Layering Works?
The fighting mechanics works in such a way: if the first weapon is incapable of annihilating the enemy stack, the subsequent weapon will also be deployed, to the point whereby the enemy stack can be totally destroyed. (examples below)
Why Layering?
If only one weapon is needed, only that weapon will be fired. This saves the rest of the weapons for the next round so you can kill more fleets in the next few rounds. There is also a limit to the rounds for battle, so its ideal to take less rounds to clear the enemy.
The following examples will serve to illustrate this concept (hopefully you can understand better). The ship design used in the example is as follows:
Weapons
Hammerhead I X1
"Warhammer" Streamliner III X1
Hammerhead II X1
Hammerhead III X3
*These are ship-based weapons with cool down(CD) of 4
[requires 4 rounds before firing again]
Defensive Modules
Particle Stun Shield III X1
Heat Diffusion Shield III X2
Detonator Shield III X1
Reflective Plating III X1
Quick Reaction Armor III X1
*Other non-offensive/defensive modules not mentioned in example are omitted
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Example 1 - Attacking Weaker Fleets
In this case, Hammerhead I (X1) is sufficient to destroy the enemy stack, so only this weapon is fired. This will leave "Warhammer" Streamliner III, Hammerhead II & Hammerhead III for the next round.
In round 2, "Warhammer" Streamliner III (X1) can wipe out a stack. This leaves Hammerhead II & Hammerhead III for next round and so on.
How your weapons fired in each Round will look like this:
ROUND 1: Hammerhead I
ROUND 2: "Warhammer" Streamliner III
ROUND 3: Hammerhead II
ROUND 4: Hammerhead III
ROUND 5: CD
ROUND 6: Hammerhead I
ROUND 7: "Warhammer" Streamliner III
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Additional Note: The subsequent order of fire is fixed as other modules need 4 rounds to cool down, unless the other modules have a lower CD.
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Example 2 - Attacking Stronger Fleets
Hammerhead I and "Warhammer" Streamliner III is used, leaving Hammerhead II and III for next round. If the next round requires both Hammerhead II and III, there will be a cool down period.
ROUND 1: Hammerhead I & "Warhammer" Streamliner III
ROUND 2: Hammerhead II & Hammerhead III
ROUND 3: CD
ROUND 4: CD
ROUND 5: CD
ROUND 6: Hammerhead I & "Warhammer" Streamliner III
ROUND 7: Hammerhead II & Hammerhead III
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Example 3 - Full Barrage
More often than not, all your weapons are fired. This is the most common case unless you have heavy stacks and/or powerful weapons or when you are fighting decoys.
ROUND 1: All weapons fired
ROUND 2: CD
ROUND 3: CD
ROUND 4: CD
ROUND 5: CD
ROUND 6: All weapons available
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Example 4 - Defending Against Weaker Attacks
Same as weapons, only Particle Stun Shield is used since attack is weak. (Also, you may layer different levels of the same shield but I have reservations about such arrangement)
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Example 5 - Defending Against Stronger Attacks
In this case, more shields are used. However Reflective Plating and Quick Reaction Armor are still untouched.
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Additional Note: The order you place the weapons and shields will affect which one gets to be used first. The first you place inside your ship will be the first to be used.
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