I mostly use auto combat - so simple question in title: are pre-selected cards for phase 1-2-3 used if i use auto combat?



Trying to make my stack battles quicker and want benefit of the cards, but not sure if picking them is a waste of time using auto combat.

yes, cards are used.

Great, thank you.



Mostly i can save some time not using the cards but nano-repair is nice if my fleet is bit dinged up and with cards used in auto resolve its great to know i can still benefit while doing the quicker auto battles.

When I play, the vast majority of my fights go like this:



Fight against a fleet: Dust Barrier, Nano Repair, Nano Repair. I don't bother with the Nano Repairs if I'm certain to win in one round.

Fight against a single ship: Nano Repair.



Early battles have a lot of variation. However, later on in the game, not so much.



All of my custom races achieve fleet superiority in one way or another, and all of my custom races have headhunter pilot as a trait.

I cant wait to try out custom races, but right now im still working on playing once with each race, and getting the various race specific achievements.



favorites so far are UE for the hull type bonuses (most useful for my playstyle, weapon tonnage cost reduction on cruisers), sheradyn for the no retreat buff, and UE again for the strong dust income. I didnt like the cravers so much but the big fleet bonus was nice.



If i had to design my custom race right now, id probably combine UE hull types, UE dust income, sheradyn no retreat, and the craver big fleet bonus.