I just lost a nice fleet to the Xi Chung (TDM) because they clobbered me with a stack of large drones when I invaded their home system.
These buggers have been annoyingly tough.
My point defense failed for the most part; could not hit other than at short/point blank range. This despite having sensors III and being trained 20/20. When I did hit, the drones soaked up A LOT of damage. I only managed to kill two or three, while losing 15 ships.
Xi Chung are berserkers, and had ECM III on the drones to boot. One hit obliterated a battleship easily.
If anyone knows, what is the drones inherent attack/defense bonus? Must have helped.
I never use drones (because of the cost), but this made me think. I finally did away with the drone threat, but it definitely required a massive rearmament of point defense... much more than I usually equip with a fleet. It can be a big surprise.
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