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All these words to say a few simple things... Tactics are smaller-scale than strategy. Tactics is the implementation details and strategy is the big picture. T
by tomc1985 8y ago
All these words to say a few simple things...
Tactics are smaller-scale than strategy. Tactics is the implementation details and strategy is the big picture. Tactics are the movements of chess pieces and strategy is the intent of those movements.
- steve19 8y agoA tactic is slightly higher level concept than a mechanical movement, or firing a trigger. A tactic would be how you lay an ambush, or how a small engagement is fought.
- keerthiko 8y agoIndeed. In RTS games like StarCraft or Age of Empires, that lowest level is referred to as mechanics, control or "micro"* (depending on the context of the finer action). In order of scale: Strategy > Tactics > mechanics/micro/control *micro as in micromanagement, of individual units in your army, This is often contrasted with "macro", which refers to overall strategy + consistency of your "mechanics" for other actions besides micro-ing army units (training harvesters, building bases, having enough houses, sending out well-timed scouts, etc).
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- tomc1985 8y agoI've thought of it more as "one man's strategy is another man's tactics" but I like the strategy/tactics/micro distinction a bit more
- madeuptempacct 8y agoBasically this. A bit off topic, but this is a pretty important quote to me: "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." Amusingly enough, the video game example below is probably the easiest way to distinguish tactics from strategy. Are you going to rush or turtle and build up the economy/tech tree? Tactics is where exactly to hit, with what, and how.