Order of weapons fire / damage?

Grandpa Kim · #1 March 24th, 2004, 05:48 AM

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6.8.4.1 ... If A attacks both B and C in a sector, then the movement order could be B, C, A or it could be C, B, A.

Although you would naturally assume A, B and C are three different empires, I have come to believe that 3 different fleets are all you need. So, if he came in with two fleets, luck of the draw could easily give him first shot. I don't know if this is true, but I'm getting that feeling from my own experiences.

atari_eric · #2 March 25th, 2004, 12:43 AM

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Originally posted by alarikf:
Bah! It was to another player that I suffered this. The AI would *never* get me in the position I'm in in this game...(ie: really really screwed)

And, well, I did see that answer in the FAQ, but, gosh, I would swear that although I *was* the defender, my guys still didn't fire first. Maybe it's something with my strategies...

Is this your gruelling defeat before the awesome weaponry of the Xetan Empire you're refering to?

Seriously, if so, I woudln't say you're really screwed - if I had not won that battle, I would have lost the war - I would not have had enough production to build sufficient hardware to even slow you down.

Pablo · #3 March 26th, 2004, 08:07 AM

In one game against the religious player I had a fully trained fleet of ~200 dreadnoughts 2 squares from the warp point and my enemy had ~80 talisman baseships 4 squares from the warp point. The plan was to warp (get closer in combat) and get the first shot as a defender fleet. Next turn I lost the entire fleet when the enemy lost ~10 ships. I didn't even look at the movement log as it was obvious that he warped first and got the first shot. Oh well...