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Please consult this if you plan on making any big raids:
All things being equal and in reasonable situations:
Cruisers beat Light Fighters
Heavy Fighters beat Small Cargoes
A couple of Battleships beat Destroyers
Bombers pretty much beat any defense (except Plasma Turrets)
Battlecruisers beat Heavy Fighters, Cruisers, and Battleships
Destroyers beat Battlecruisers
Deathstars beat everything. It takes 20 Destroyers and 150 Battleships to destroy one Deathstar.
Always remember to use Light (and maybe Heavy) Fighters as fodder to spread the damage away from your other ships.
1. When espionaging, make sure you get a report on EVERYTHING (Resources, Fleets, Defenses, Buildings, and Research).
2. Use the Drago-Sim link below. This is an extremely useful tool. If you need help using it, just ask.
3. Enter in ALL of your information from the espionage report.
4. If Drago-Sim says that you will win 100 times, go ahead and attack. Anything less than that, don't attack.
Wiki:
http://ogame.wikia.com/wiki/Main_PageCombat Sims:
http://websim.speedsim.net/http://drago-sim.com/index.php?lang=english