January 23rd, 2004, 04:55 PM
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Re: Newbie Q: ship placement in combat?
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Originally posted by Vezzra:
...Strange... when I played non-simultaneous games, this always worked properly. When I attacked from the side, the wall went top-bottom, with the ships facing left or right. When I attacked diagonal, the formation was crunched into the respective corner, IIRC.
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It is still a mystery to me how particular formation turns up in the battle depending of the angle of approach and the order of fleet movements.
Better drop it as another SEIV mystery but keep it in mind when selecting next fleet formation 
[ January 23, 2004, 14:56: Message edited by: oleg ]
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