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BTW, what's the point of initiative, if damage is applied at the end of the round?
Movement order is still important, especially when ranged weapons are involved.
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I have seen this argument before of the defender getting a bonus or even defender going always first. Personally I would like it to see it the other way around, because that would encourage aggressiveness.
Ideally, the advantage would be implemented in a way that could be modded to match individual opinions.
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Alternate idea: Simultaneous combat resolution. Fleet A moves, Fleet B moves, Fleet A assigns targets, Fleet B assigns targets, Resolve attacks and damage.
Just one problem with that, how would you dictate movement? If you were not currently in range but would be after the turn was comenced it would be wasted fire. On the other hand if a ship moved out of what would have been in normal range you would also have wasted your shots.
That could be fixed with a more complex sequence: Some of A's ships fire, some of B's fire, A moves, B moves, rest of A fires, rest of B fires. With simultaneous resolution you could even have opportunity fire.
This kind of problem has already been addressed in tabletop (i.e. non-computer) wargames; one could look at them to see what works and what doesn't.
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not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"