Damage Calculation

[Gryphin]

My reason for not using trained ships against Talisman ships is because you will most likely loose them. This could be because I'm using the wrong strategys.
Currently against one of the TDM AI which places them on BCs and BBs I use the following:
Combat Sensors and Max Speed on All ships
Target Ships - BC's with 3 Direct Fire Reload 1 weapons, and the rest Armor III Set to Point Blank.
PDC Ships - LCs with 1 Direct Fire Reload 1, 4 Armor III, and the rest PDC Set to Short Weapons Range
Offensive Ships - BCs with 4 Armor III, As many Direct Fire Large Mount Reload 1 weapons as I can Strategy set to Maximum Range.
Basicaly I expect to loose ships. My hope is the Target ships wiil get asorb more damage while the PDC remove Fighers, and the Offensive ships remove the AIs ships.
So far it is not pefect but if I have a 1/3 numerical advantage it seem to be paying off.
In this senario I feel I'm going to loose the ships anyway so why use the Experianced ships?
Since it is agains the AI I'm not using Training Facilties.
I have not tried the wave of RAM ships, Maybe I will do that for the home system which is my next objective.

[ November 21, 2002, 12:40: Message edited by: Gryphin ]