Understanding battle strategies...newbie question

[tbontob]

capnq replies to the question I put...

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And how does "Do Not Use Type Priorities" fit into all this? I have put planets on the bottom of the list, and the missile fleet still seems to prefer it over all other targets using
-Has weapons.
-Fastest
-Strongest
-Nearest

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If you have "Do not use type priorities" set (unlit), the priority list is utterly ignored; it doesn't matter how you arrange the list if you haven't turned on "Use type before targeting" (lit).

Yes, I think I got the button thing now. I was kinda confused as to the way MM puts the question/statement.

For example:
-No system to avoid
-Don't Fire on types
-Do not use type priorities

These are all negative states.

A simpler way would be: (for me anyways )

-Systems avoided
-Fire on types
-Use type priorities

Then the opposite of positive state is negative

Guess 3 university degrees (2 of them post-graduate) with some emphasise on math is no guarantee of not being a doh-doh.

But I would still like to get behind the workings of the menu and discover how the computer makes its decisions.

Like no one was able to answer the other questions I put...