Re: Newbie question
If you use maximum range go into your empires menu and click on strategies. You can then change the secondary strategy to don't get hurt. Then the ship will fire weapons at maximum range then move away and fire again when the weapon is usable again. This works well for missle weapons except when fighting against a planet. For planets the maximum range the computer sees and the real maximum range are not always the same and sometimes the missles don't hit the planet. If you have a mix of weapons on your ship the computer will go to the maximum range of the longest range weapon, fire, then go to the maximum range of the next longest, fire, and so on. You might want to set the strategy to primary: maximum range secondary: optimum range to fight against planets.
Be aware that if your ships are in formation some of them will be too close and some to far with these settings because the lead ship is the one that these strategies are used for. I favor a wall formation if I use one but after a few movements the results are about the same as in the arrowhead formation.
Ok on to combat sensors and ECM. Combat sensors add to the to hit percentage and do not affect damage. ECM subtracts from the enemies to hit percentage. So if you have both on your ship you will both be able to hit easier and will be harder to hit.
[This message has been edited by Tomgs (edited 02 January 2001).]
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