overlapping fleets?

[tbontob]

Hmmm….

This is interesting.

I have never been able to figure out the meaning of “Strongest” and PvK’s idea that it is the most expensive is a good contender.

My thoughts for consideration and debate about TARGETING PRIORITY ORDER:

A) Nearest/Farthest…distance to the enemy ship in sectors?
B) Largest/Smallest…size of ship (eg escort, frigate, destroyer etc.)?
C) Most Damaged/Least Damaged…two possibilities:
..Ca) Number of components destroyed?
..Cb) Value of components destroyed?
D) Fastest/Slowest…speed of the enemy ship
E) Strongest/Weakest…resource value of the enemy ship (PvK’s idea)?
F) Has Weapons/Doesn’t Have Weapons…two possibilities:
..Ship has no weapons in it’s design?
..Ship has no weapons in it’s design or all ships weapon’s are destroyed?

G) We are allowed a selection of four of the above. What Algorithym does the computer use in selecting its target? For example, let’s say I select A, B, C, D in that order. Does it assign 40% to A, 30% to B, 20% to C and 10% to D with the enemy ship which has the greatest percentage is the selected target? Or is some other algorithym at work?