[Q]

Originally posted by QuarianRex:
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet. What I would really like to see is the order of planetary cargo damage to be reversed.

Currently, planets see their fighters, mines, troops, and satellites get wiped out before the weapon platforms even get touched. If they could reverse that so the largest units (the weapon platforms) get smoked first then you might actually be able to get some interesting ground combats (the defending troops not being previously wiped out to protect the weapon platforms).

Does anyone know why it was set up like this? In ship combat components tend to get damaged from largest to smallest and I can't see why it would be reversed for planets.

I did not see it in the history.txt but I believe this has already been changed. At least I conquered several planets with weapon platforms and troops on it and my ships only destroyed the weapon platforms before my troops landed. They had to fight againts the enemy troops and militia together (Version 1.78)