Torpedo question

[Fyron]

That only works if the enemy is using small fleet sizes Taera. Otherwise, it makes no difference (except to make some ships unable to fire) because the ships will be blown up in a single round anyways.

I don't get it. Nobody thought of this earlier? I thought PvK said you need to ditch the APM or your ships will stick around and get out gunned. But this only applies if you have the computer fight the battle with the orders you've issued, right? I'm not sure because I've not had a battle large enough that I didn't fight it myself.

No. That is only an issue IF the APB using fleet has maximum range strategies set (which is NOT the default strategy). Otherwise, the ships will always move in close before they fire (especially since the secondary movement type for optimal range is point blank...), rarely actually firing at range 8 (unless there are so many ships that they can not get closer, of course). Using Max Range is only a good idea if you are using missiles or if you have the religious Talisman, or if you have a severe advantage in combat bonuses (such as a few levels ahead in the CS/ECM race, and having large racial combat bonuses)