Thanks for reporting this. I have checked the design creation file and all designs appear to be set to OFR (Optimal Firing Range)
All I can suggest is that after you design a ship, you check the design and change the strategy of it.
In my current game I discovered this, thank to you, and all I did was find it on the design list and change the design strategy from Don't Get Hurt to Optimal Firing Range. Presto I had a fleet of war ships ready to kick serious Cardassians Coloniser butt. ( I have to admit that it is pretty pathetic to see a Klingon Negh'Var Dreanought run from a Cardassian Colony ship. Many of Klingon Commanders have died because of there cowardly actions.)
[ April 16, 2004, 01:11: Message edited by: Atrocities ]