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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
My idea was to make long-range "smart" missiles out of fighters; make a 1 KT size and a component that flies and rams. But it never did even a half of the rated damage- though I *was* only testing it against shields..
Phoenix-D
This is using a fighter as a substitute drone.
Drones use ramming as their main form of attack. They are essentially cruise missiles. Once you have drones I think you'll not bother with kamikaze ships or fighters.
But remember, the percentage of damage caused by ramming, to both the target and the rammer, is settable in SETTINGS.TXT like so many other things. I've set my ramming damages VERY high (300 percent for both) because realistically you should not expect to survive collison at the speeds represented in space combat. This makes ramming very effective, but also invariably fatal unless there is a HUGE size difference between the ships involved. It does make drones more powerful, though.