Most Important thing you need to win battles

Opinions vary about what is the most important thing you need to win battles and skirmishes in Facebook Fleet Command , Some say pack your fleet with the most expensive unit , some say that a balances statistics is the key to victory , but for me the most important thing is the freshness of the crew. Even if the enemy fleet have a slight advantage over you if your crews state is better than there crew status you have more than a fair chance of winning that battle or skirmish.
My usual strategy is update the captains statistics and update 2 stats of the crew. Do the battle and the skirmishes for that round and rest the crew from the final training point. So whenever I visit the game again my crew is always fresh.
What do you think is the most important thing in winning battles and skirmishes ? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section.

Importance of Retreating in skirmishes

Fleet command is not like other games in Facebook , most games in Facebook lets you play all day long ,  but in fleet command you only have one Flett battle and four skirmishes every twelve hours. You can unlock some more battles by doing some things mentioned in the shore leave tab but in general you only have five battles for every twelve hours.So it is very important to make the best use of those oppurtunities and that is why it is important to pick win every battle.
Fleet battles are the easiest to win , You wan't lost any battle points ( BP ) for picking another opponent so choose one where you can win easily and and also get lots of battle points.The key is to pick opponents who have good stats but cheap ships.This is a bit hard to do in the early levels but when you get to level 15 and above you will find plenty of opponents like this. Make sure your certain of victory because going for a battle in greed of BP is not worth it because you get very little experience if you lose. But if you choose slightly lesser opponent although you want get as much battle points your chance of winning and thus earning a significant amount of BP is greater.
Skirmishes are a bit trickier because you lose 50BP if you retreat , so early in the game where you only get 200-300BP per game its not worth retreating.But when you level up 50BP is not much so you can choose wisely and retreat thus giving you another chance for a skirmish.
So the thing to remember is because you get few oppurtunities per day it is very important to make the best use of these oppurtunities so retreat wisely and earn more battle points per day.
If you have any question or not clear about anything feel free to share them in the comments section.

Why Fleet Command is great ?

Facebook Fleet Command is a great game for many reasons , for a software engineer working for 8 hours a day the biggest appeal for me is the amount of time it consumes. You are allowed to play once only 12 hours which automatically limits you from spending hours playing the game and you are only allowed one battle and four skirmishes in a one turn , which will take about 15 minutes so whether you like it or not you can only spend around 30 mins during the day playing the game. I just love that and its the main reason for me love this game so much.