I do get better results with manually positioned ships, however it's not essential. Have recently been experimenting with configuring my demolition fleet destroyers into 2 groups, each consisting of a lead ship with 6 subordinates (they're all Rays by the way). For the most part this approach has worked well & does not preclude making manual adjustments to individual ships if I feel it's necessary (most of the time it hasn't been).charlie1024 wrote: ↑Wed, 1. May 24, 11:48So, manually adjusting 10~20 ships' position in hand is good?
Only additional complication I've had to watch out for with this approach is the formation the ships use. If it's particularly wide then, when a destroyer group's moving from one position to another, destroyers on the edge of the formation nearest to the station may fly a bit closer than is ideal. Has been important to consider where subordinates may go when selecting the fly & wait location for the lead ship. After trying many different formations ended up using Inverse Point Guard for my destroyers. It's a relatively compact formation & also places the lead ship at the front (so I know that when I place the fly & wait order no subordinates will fly ahead of this position).