[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
one simple rule when designing ships. Don't use every weapon you can stuff into them. Make specialized vessels.

One that is nothing but Point Defense
One for Planet assualts.
One for Fighters
One for Missles
One for other weapons.

Use your ships in tandom, and your fleet will be a stronger unit.

That's when you use manual tactical combat control. When you rely on strategic combat, and you must in multiplayer games, this has to be modified a bit. A PDC ship needs one weapon of the same type as the ships it is escorting, and all warships need at least one PDC each. Carriers need PDC and it's probably smart to give them a conventional weapon so they aren't easy prey to a random frigate if they get caught without fighters. As long as they have the 'don't get hurt' strategy they should still stay out of the way in combat. Other modifiactions depend on particular situations.

[ July 12, 2002, 15:33: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]