Fight Dirty?

[Pooka]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:

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I'm assuming that's because we're not using Gold so the attacker was going first. (Otherwise I would have gotten a shot off with its single MesonII.

A single meson bLaster, eh?
Even if you did fire first, you probably didn't get through his shields, (or missed) and the damage percentage only shows hull damage (shields completely regenerate after battle anyways)

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Shields? You presume much, good sir. My poorly educated foe doesn't make use of shields.

[Aloofi]

I don't know, but I never got myself to order warships into ramming. I guess I'm a benevolent ruler that doesn't have the heart to sacrifice navy personel for the greater good.
For the "Kamikaze Minesweeper" I always use expensive Master Computers, thus crippling my economy.
At least in Proportions we get the cheaper Computer Pilot......

[atari_eric]

Originally posted by Pooka:
I may kill one or two of them as an example if they continue like this.

NOW you're thinking like a Warlord!

Mind you, you will pretty much have to throw any political edge or maneuvres out the window if you go this route, but it looks as if politics is not being helpful enough anyhow...

Besides, if they're helping your enemy, they're hurting you...

[capnq]

I suppose the empire would be stupid to follow us into their own minefield.

Mines are "smart" enough to only attack enemy ships.

[PvK]

You can find out what happened in a combat by pressing the "Combat Replay" button while looking at the Log's summary of a battle.

PvK

[Xaren Hypr]

Hmmm.....
How many mines does an escort suck up when running through? How many does a fighter suck up?

*ponders evil, evil designs*

Depends on how much damage the mines deal out and how much damage your ships can soak (i.e. a ship with a lot of heavy armor can take out more mines than, let's say, a lightly armored escort). Not too sure how mine damage applies to units though...

I have seen a couple of times where the damage seems to "stack" a bit (the total mine damage added up and the total fleet damage resistance added up, and whomever has more has stuff left in the end), and i'll lose a portion of my fleet to an unknown minefield, but i'll have a surviving ship that has less damage done to it than a normal mine would have...but then again, I simply might have miscalculated the ship's damage.

Just a thought, or two...

[Wardad]

It is possible to use 1 fighter to expend 1 mine, provided you send 1 fighter at a time.
Just try that in PBW (simultaneous mode).