planet attacking noob

Is this SEIV or SEV? If its for SEV then you may need to edit your strategy. Scroll down to the bottom of your chosen strategy and you'll find all the things it can or won't target and what percent of damage to do even if it will target it. Change all those to your desired amount. Some of them may be Do Not Engage's and/or some may be set to less than 100% damage.

Also, try setting to Short Range.

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You could also have some sort of treaty with the person you are trying to attack? That causes both your ships to just say 'hi'... and there no attack finding place.
Are you sure you are at with your target?

BTW - 4 frigates vs a planet with 4 platforms is a risky operation!

~Myrath

That's a bad clause to include in a treaty. It cripples both parties.

Yes and no it is

To protect a party thats friendly with you, but at war with one or more of your other friends its good.

If it is to protect yourself against your allie its naught, bull, and all those other nice words for really unspeakable dumb,
because when war is declared all treaty elements go down the drain, and i couldn't care less, if you didn't want to be bombarded or not

"No Planetary Bombardment" means you're banned from attacking planets belonging to anyone, not just the empire you made that treaty with. Anyone.

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Yes, thats what I meant with the good part .. if you are allied with to races that are at war with each other you can prevent them from bombarding each other ..

else its nothing that I want

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