So I'm playing devouring swarm in Stellaris (cause I feel I have enough to balance trying to manage my empire without adding on top of it all the diplomacy aspects) and am thinking of invading my neighbors; the problem is that my chokepoint divides in two, and then each division also splits in two; I plan to capture a number of systems up to my next chokepoint, the only problem is that there are a handful of planets that'll also be there.

One of the things that drives me crazy is that I take my deathstack fleet down one hyperlane only for the enemy's forces to come down the other one; I'd like to just destroy all the starbases (the starter and built up ones) but can the planets build something up behind me while I do all that?

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Divide your forces into fleets that can clear easy things like starbases and one that can hunt and kill their fleet, then just grind them down. Take systems with like a corvette stack and casually bombard or invade the planets in their wake, while being ready to hop on their main fleet with your doomstack when it shows up.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    their planets can only build armies

    as far as that war goes, if you can smash em just smash em a few times. if you can't bait em into a chokepoint.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, thanks; I can see the chokepoint I want to build towards and will demolish everything and worry about landing armies after grabbing that chokepoint first; I was worried that planets could still build something behind me to cause issues.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If they have no strong fleet, just split up your death stack. If they have any strong fleet then the best you can do is focus down their fleets with yours, and have weaker fleets take the territory.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I just chew until they stop wiggling, personally

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Your best strategy is to become pampered bio-trophies for your caregivers.

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