[Rexxx]

Hi MB
Did some testing with the Gron regarding the design switching we discussed some days ago. It has confirmed my guess that the design switching does not happen, when all of their kamikaze attack ships come with:
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Majority Weapon Family Pick 1 := 34
Majority Weapon Family Pick 2 := 2
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However, this approach means that immediately after the TKP I is discovered the AI will use it, rendering the designs weaker in comparison to the CSM V they also could have.
So, your idea of having two DN designs with different weaponry is much better. No design switching and the smaller ships still can use the best available weapon (or the weapon I would like them to use). Using your approach makes it possible that the first TKP-ships which appear are coming with a TKP V and the talisman. Great, just great.

Can you or anyone else confirm that this design switching for ships only occurs several turns after the DN class is discovered? There is no switching before, e.g. between a battleship and a cruiser?
I just want to be sure because regarding units it seems that the design switching happens much earlier and much more frequently. When I equip a small WP with CSMs and my medium WPs with TKPs the AI begins immediately and quite often (every second or third turn) switching back to the small WP, it does not wait until large WPs are researched.