How come PDCs never miss?

Neo · #1 September 10th, 2001, 06:30 PM

Well, I don't recall ever seeing them miss altogether AFAIK. The only times I think I have seen them not blow something up, I figured they just didn't do enough damage points to kill the fighter/missile in one shot because the PDC level was too wimpy.

If PDCs really do miss, is their chance to hit something that can be edited and tweaked to make missiles more viable then?

Suicide Junkie · #2 September 10th, 2001, 08:09 PM

PDCs are given a +70% to-hit in the components.txt file.

This means that, barring an accuracy-reducing mount, the minimum to-hit is 71%

If the missile is at range 7 or less, the accuracy bonus cancels the range modifier, and you get 99% accuracy even without experience or sensors. Fighters could reduce that with ECM and fleet experience, but ship sensors or experience would overwhelm it, too.

Neo · #3 September 10th, 2001, 08:42 PM

Well the highest level PDCs only have a range of 5, so I guess that is why they always hit. I think the to-hit % should be lowered a lot.

Slaughtermeyer · #4 September 11th, 2001, 05:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Fighters could reduce that with ECM and fleet experience, but ship sensors or experience would overwhelm it, too.

If fighters still benefit from fleet experience then it's a bug, because one of the old patch's .txt file states:
"23. Fixed - Fleet bonuses were not always being added to a ship during combat. (NOTE: Fleet bonuses do not effect fighter or satellite Groups)."

[This message has been edited by Slaughtermeyer (edited 11 September 2001).]

CyC · #5 September 11th, 2001, 09:14 AM

does combat bonus from xp apply to PDC's ?

does combat sensors help PDC's ?

does a religous empire with a talisman on its ships have a 100% chance to hit with PDC's?

PsychoTechFreak · #6 September 11th, 2001, 12:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CyC:
does combat bonus from xp apply to PDC's ?

does combat sensors help PDC's ?

does a religous empire with a talisman on its ships have a 100% chance to hit with PDC's?

Yes, yes, yes.

dumbluck · #7 September 12th, 2001, 01:02 AM

Note that Multiplex Tracking does _NOT_ benefit PDC. They will fire on as many multiple targets as required. (kill one missle, switch to next, kill it, switch to next, etc.)