A question I have is about ships/fleets gaining experience. Is there a possible bug in the program that suspends the gaining of exp. when you only damage a ship and not destroy it. The reason I ask, is because I had a new fleet guarding a warp point. When an enemy was within reach for me to strike and return, I would send the fleet to intercept the enemy. Now being a 'bean counter' I tend to play a very number focused game. I realize that the cost for a fully functional ship is the same as a lame duck, so I only damaged the ships until they could not move. Talk about 'frozen assests'.
However, in the next few battles I did destroy some ships, yet my fleet exp. did not increase. Only after clearing my fleet and rejoining it could I gain exp points.
Any ideas why the fllet would not gain experience? Colud it have glitched on the first enemy ship not being destroyed?