p.o.'d..combat-at wormhole questions-

[Ragnarok-X]

Ok, so while im playing for quite some weeks now i had my first major combat today. Im talking pbw btw. Firstly, my warppoint was only lightly defended, with satellites. Now, here comes: When playing against the AI i always noticed that satellites start adjacent to wormholes. Because of this i always design satellites with ripper beams. The mod we were playing had an extended range mount, adding +2 to range of sat weapons. So in fact my sats had a range of 4, which is that bad if they are supposed for a first-round-defender-kill. Now the 60 ships jump in and guess what ? my sat group starts 10 fields away from the wormhole, while the hostile fleet starts massed in a clump to the left adjacent to the wormhole. OC my sats didnt shot, so my defenses were broken without losses at all.
Now im wondering, WTF ?!? WTF designed the game in a way, that satellites start 10 spaces away from the thing they are supposed to protect ? Im pissed, really pissed.

(Edited language in title) - Atrocities

[geoschmo]

Short answer, sattelites suck.

Were there any other ships in the sector, like from a third party both of you were allies with? That will screw up you warp point defense and move your ships and units to the edge.

But even if your sats had been close to the warp point, sats suck so it wouldn't have mattered.

[Kana]

Yeah such a useful tool is nullified due to a bad stacking or lack of stacking option in the game...I wonder if this will be any better or different in SEV

Kana

[Thermodyne]

In the early game, satellites with missiles will keep the AI raiders at bay. But as soon as PDC’s arrive on the board, they are just a waste of resources. Against humans, they are almost worthless. They do make good cheap recon devices once you have the sensors to put on them.

[Phoenix-D]

A stack of sats on a WP can work if armed as he armed them, with Ripper Beams (or WMG) Then they provide a no-maintance punch to back up any other defenses you may have. They probably won't get more than a single salvo off, though..

[Atrocities]

Satellite are indeed worthless. However, if you send a request to Aaron to address this issue in SE V, he might just do that. You never know.