Elysium:R9.5 Zik Strategy

Originally posted by Xerxes

well r9 cutters rock even more vs xans :) my def fleet for r9 will probably be similar with a 1:1:.5 corsair:cutlass:brig(aka sabre) in resource cost. corsair are awesome and you have your cutters for a metal sink :)

my fleet last round was 3:1 cutter:marauder with most of the time only cutters and pods + de out for attacking. 2:1:1 clips:rogues:buccs plus some dems and pegs i stole. i had a few theives too but with my fi out nearly every night for def i didnt get to use my 200 or so vultures much.

theres no sense planning on rely on any stolen ships since zik have such great ones in the first place :)

Originally posted by cheerios

Here is t1k's R8 Zikonian fleet (#22 planet) for reference:

Military Report on 39:4:8 (Ultrapimp) [25/11/2002 08:14 CET]

Corsair 40000
Cutlass 30000
Sabre 1000
Thief 5000 
Cutter 22000
Marauder 4000 
Buccaneer 2000
Clipper 9000
Rogue 1000 
Pirate 100
Astro Pod 600 
Total 120699

Zikonian's for R9 will rely on a heavy FR/DE -fleet with lots of FI for alliance defence. [/B][/QUOTE]

Originally posted by t1k

I will be of course play zik as usual from R6 when this race was intoduced I play zik,cheanging ziks stats was drop down zik a little thay incrise steeling but thay drop down armor of this steeling ships a lot (thief,marauder,rogue) pilagers and pirate are crap and not worth even reashrch-construction. As you see in cherious post I was not build much steeling ships,cutters and clippers was most dominant ships in my fleet+ some FI for alliance defence and thay didnt cheange stats for classic ships probably my fleet will be the same only think about building more thievs then usual.

Think Thief has now a realy good ship as thay incrise firepower near double.I am sure my combo will be CO only fleet in attack (thiev+vulture+arrowhead+other CO depend of target) until I get DE fleet clippers+rogue+unipods.

About ships from other race I only need some unipods and vulture:))