Important is to use units that can POC and block (ground units, more fat), quickly enough clear sitters/POCcers (high DPS, splash), and survive to do this (cloak, phasability, agrav).
To enhance abilities of your squad u need to use support units (orbus, spirit, liche, jorias, redeye, falcon r main), so u can prepare for approaching enemy in advance, disable the key units, b where needed quickly, or make whole squads a waste.
Use solar storage, u cannot afford to get emped and be unable to move/fire, can use sd or cell if u eat lot of energy (pig, nix, wight, vult, levi, support units) but be aware.
Stats to build on, your units should be strong at least as these.
If u pay u have the ability to get your stats past 100 points, earn honour, get gold weapons and wights, that is a huge difference compared to those who do not pay, u should take advantage of it.
When u hilt level 50 in any division, u get 50% (40% in 51 and goes lower) original exp for your units AND divisions, so for example compared to before level 50 u need twice the time (roughly) to gain same exp for unit and u need twice the units to gain same exp in division, always get all your planned divisions to level 49 and only then hit 50.
For nonpayer the best units r those that do not need gold weapons and high stats, revenant, sapper, war pigeon, phoenix, albatross, knell, chimera, leviathan, also as the units r more specialized u truly need to use support units to maximize the overall effect.
Gimping is too considerable because sometimes more stat points will not give u better units and u cannot use them to get your stats over 100.
Try to experiment with Virtual Lab to find desired combo, have support units in your squads.
Some examples with possible squad choices (always should have something to clear air, POC, sit, adjust sets to your needs):
Use heavy weapon, solar storage, comments below r minimum for the unit
Support units:
Useful links:
Gimping is about getting some of your divisions to certain level, thus gaining desired amount of points to fit specific PR and take less space in battle at maximum efficiency (theoretically).
For example some1 nonpayed (keep in mind that u get half experience for divisions after u hit 50 in one of them (and less afterards)).
PR 7 - at start buy 13 units from gimped division and level them to 3, sell them and buy units u will max and keep maxed (at least 10 from each remaining division), so when max your divisions will b 50+/50+/50+/4 if u choose to gimp org, also possible to max 9 units in some division giving u level 49 in it and choose to end something like 50+/49/49/6 , or 30/50+/50+/24 (max 2 infantry and 1 org, max rest) etc, depends on what units u will plan to max.
PR 8 - max 1 unit from gimped division and then max rest of your divisions to get 50+/50+/50+/24 or what divsion setup need, or 37/50+/50+/37 (max 4 inf and org, then rest), 34/50+/50+/40 (3 inf 5 org) etc.
Payed after reinc (or any different PR), u need to level to point where your current points reach the PR u want, so u should look first what divisions u will level and what u will keep gimped with how many units able to max, always count it before start leveling, for example if u get 5 permanent points (241 total, PR 11) and want to stay PR 10 (240 total, PR 10), u need to not go higher than level 49 in one of your divisions by leveling only that many units (can b like 50+/50+/50+/49, max 9 orgs), in case u need to gimp by units not being able to max (under 5 max units (or 4 max and something) for level 39 or such) always watch the exp and stop using/sell the units so u do not overrun (experiment with the calculator to learn optimal amount of units u can max or need to sell before max).
last update: November 3 2007