Fighters are now unbalanced

[Atraikius]

My PD took out more fighters than my fighters did. I did notice your point with the main weapons on the ships not being able to hit the fighters though (misunderstood your comment at first). I though the anti-ship weapons only having about a 1% chance to hit the fighters makes sense though.

[nerfman]

If regular (non-point defense) mounts are having a rough time killing fighters then I say, about time. It didn't make much sense having point defense if every other battery on a ship was just about as effective.

[Marty Ward]

Yep, typically AAA relyed on a wall of lead to bring down targets. If you judged efficiency by number of shots per hit the AAA was one of the most in-efficient weapon designs ever.
I don't have 1.35 installed yet but this sounds like a great improvement. Maybe air (space?) superiority fighters will be needed more now.

[Q]

I don't mind if the fighters are a little bit harder to hit by standard ship weapons or if the point defense cannons have not 100% hit chance. My point is just, that the way it is now the best strategy would be to almost totally rely on fighters for defense and attack. Attack ships, defense bases and even weapon platforms and satellites are not very interesting any more or just will have point defense cannons alone! That would greatly reduce the variety of the game IMO.

[PsychoTechFreak]

Just a comment, the religious talisman gives 100% hit chance to PD weapons, not just to direct fire weapons, like the description supposed... makes a mighty PD ship against flying units.

[Magus38]

I have to agree with those who favour the new balance. I have always thought that fighters were too easily taken out. Moreover, I think that the main batteries of a capital ship should be almost useless against such small and manoeverable craft. This is both more realistic and places a heavier emphasis on PD weapons; which is a good thing because seekers will suffer too and they have been too powerful in the past against computer opponents.

[This message has been edited by Magus38 (edited 02 May 2001).]

[Magus38]

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Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
Just a comment, the religious talisman gives 100% hit chance to PD weapons, not just to direct fire weapons, like the description supposed... makes a mighty PD ship against flying units.

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Note: PD weapons are direct fire weapons. Direct fire refers to any weapon that is not launched (i.e. seekers).


[This message has been edited by Magus38 (edited 02 May 2001).]