Request: Simultaneous combat

[Groggy]

I've noticed that when combat occurs, one side gets to fire all its weapons first, then the next side does, etc. I think it would be a nice feature in a future Version of SEIV to implement simultaneous combat, perhaps even simultaneous movement, within the combat engine. I've seen battles between two evenly matched fleets where one side is annihilated but the other isn't even scratched because of the fleet firing order. This is especially true when a fleet comes through a warppoint, all ships in both fleets are mixed in with each other. The first fleet that gets to fire has a decidedly unfair advantage, and at point blank range to boot.

[tbontob]

Good point.

Simultaneous is not really simultaneous!

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Groggy:
I think it would be a nice feature in a future Version of SEIV to implement simultaneous combat, perhaps even simultaneous movement, within the combat engine.

Patches were supposed to randomize who got to go first, but you're right. It would be a cooler game if the ships fired at each other simultaneously. That would make hot seat play even more confusing, but how often does any one play hotseat?

In the days when I played AD&D (OMG, I wouldn't admit to that in public anywhere else), simultaneous combat was still resolved one side at a time, just that the counterattack was possible regardless of the outsome of one side's attack.

The battles in SE4 could work in that fashion -- components would not be destroyed when hit, the damage would be stored and then in between turns damage to components would be applied.

[ September 20, 2002, 23:05: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[tbontob]

That would go a long way to making the game truly simultaneous.

[tesco samoa]

I would be happy if all ships arrived at the same time .... Not this ones and twos

[tbontob]

And nice to be able to co-ordinate the arrival of ships to a location at a specific time.