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And I also observed a higher hit rate than indicated (in my experience something about 10% effective hit rate when 1% is displayed).
Q, that's because its a 1% chance for each weapon on the fighter group!
with 5 fighters, and 3 weapons each, 15 guns @ 1% give you a:
(0.99) ^ 15 chance of missing,
or: a 86% chance of missing with all = 14% chance to hit with any one gun.
2 weapons per fighter would give you roughly 10% chance to hit with a group of 5.
When you hit with just one or two guns, the damage should be lower than the total of all the weapon's damage Ratings. ie. 5 to 10 damage (1 or 2 hits) instead of all the weapons (15x5=75 damage)
If your fighters had 100 guns between them, at 1% each, you get a 63% chance of
at least one hitting. (out of 100!!!)
[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 17 May 2001).]