Fighter group size

[Nitram Draw]

I like 10-15 unit Groups. Seems to pack a pretty good punch with small DUCIII cannons. Plus I can add two shields to each one so they Last a little longer.

[DaftWager]

I’ve set my defaults to 20. It works especially well for my interceptors as they can take out a smaller fighter group easily.

I’m wondering if anyone before has done new default strategies specifically for fighters. I’ve been around here for quite a long time and haven’t seen them before.

I’ve done interceptor and fighter/bomber, and they seem to work most of the time in strategic combat. Interceptors going for other fighters first, then attack bigger ships. Fighter/bombers go for the big ships first, then helping mop up any fighters left, although neither of them attack planets (easy to change)

Anyone interested?

[raynor]

Yes. Please post.

[DaftWager]

They’re in the data mod section!

I haven’t play tested them as much as I would have liked, so let me know if they work as promised. From what little testing I’ve done, (30-45 battles) they seem to do ok.

One more thing, I don’t think they work with saved empire files (didn’t for me anyway) I hope it’s not a problem.

[dogscoff]

I see your point when fighting crtain armour types, but are you sure large Groups are better against PDC than small ones? If playing tactical I prefer to launch fightrs in small Groups, or even one at a time.

Think about it - if a PDC (or any other weapon) does 50 damage, and each fighter takes 30 damage, 20 of that damage is wasted against a single fighter, but all 50 is used against a group:

In other words it would take 9 hits to destroy 9 single fighters, but only 6 hits to waste 9 groupd fighters.




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[Nitram Draw]

That's a good strategy if you don't mind moving all those units. You could actually use un-armed/armored fighters as flak catchers.

[Q]

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
I see your point when fighting crtain armour types, but are you sure large Groups are better against PDC than small ones? If playing tactical I prefer to launch fightrs in small Groups, or even one at a time.

Think about it - if a PDC (or any other weapon) does 50 damage, and each fighter takes 30 damage, 20 of that damage is wasted against a single fighter, but all 50 is used against a group:

In other words it would take 9 hits to destroy 9 single fighters, but only 6 hits to waste 9 groupd fighters.

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You are correct in this point, but there is no fighter group launch possibility of one, so you would have to do this manually!! And I don't want to think about the time it takes to move and fire all these sigle fighters.