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Old June 9th, 2002, 06:04 PM
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Default Re: Weapon Platforms - Overly Powerful or Just Balanced?

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planets are always hit for meaningful damage
This isn't quite correct, either.

It is possible for a direct fire weapon to miss a planet entirely, since the to-hit chance is 99%. I've seen a ship at range 1 miss a planet twice in the same battle.
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