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Originally posted by Aristoi:
I've noticed that using the Intercept/Attack command on an incoming enemy ship in a simultaneous is usually not very effective.
Without fail, my ships find themselves head to head with the enemy, and then in a crazy twist, they pass eachother without fighting. Then, of course, my ships are now behind the enemies and must chase them.
Losing worlds this way is rather painful. I do not inderstand why the program does not take this into account and start a combat.
Aristoi
Each turn is divided into thirty pulses and combat takes place only on certain pulses, I don't remember exactly which ones, something like every 5th or 7th pulse. Therefore if enemies share the same sector but one of them leaves before the combat-eligible pulse, no combat will take place. If the interceptee ships are slow, then combat is quite likely because they probably won't get a chance to move away before the combat pulse. The faster their movement, the more likely they'll move away before the combat pulse.
[This message has been edited by Slaughtermeyer (edited 13 November 2001).]
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Re: Attack/Intercept Less Than Effective
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