Any way to have a ship cycle its weapons/targets?

[Raapys]

Isn't it in all cases best to use the 'Undamaged Weapons' thingy as a #1 priority, and then <50% structure?

At any rate, there's no way to prevent ships firing all weapons of same type at the same time, as far as I know. All weapons of the same type comes within range of the target at exactly the same time and they also have the same reload time. In other words, there's no time for any 'priority' checks between the different same-type weapons because they all fire exactly at the same time, everytime.

That's why I'd like some sort of tiny random delay between each weapon firing.

[Phoenix-D]

The one salvo totally anhiliated the target, with MUCH overkill. This was Starbase vs Frigate, using all ABPs then all missiles, then starbase vs fighters with Bomblet missiles.

The thing is, it didn't all fire at the same time. The last bomblet missile fired just BEFORE the target exploded; there were at least 20 in flight, in a steady stream. That's several hundred percent overkill. :/

This is a major issue, as it allows fighters to annhiliate a defender with sheer numbers when that shouldn't be possible.

When I tested it vs non-instadeath targets, that's when I saw the targeting move before death.

[Suicide Junkie]

Hmm...
That sounds consistent my current theory about shots-in-flight not counting towards the targeting stats.

[Phoenix-D]

No matter what the source, its a problem..

[thesilliest]

My Kamikaze defense is totally trashed by the fact that they'll all go after the same ship at once half of the time. <:/

I'm new to this game, and I love it, but issues like these really take me out of the experience, it just seems so absurd and buggy. I have more success using a handful of fast ships with long-range weapons than I do with a hulking base ship.

[Suicide Junkie]

I suppose it also helps in ggmod that even a Battlefortress dosen't tend to vaporize medium ships in one volley...

You get lots of action and slow crippling before they go down in flames.

Overkill is rarely an issue, and that 50% at double expected means you don't tend to waste any shots unless there is a lack of targets in range...
And with the ability to build 30 scouts per turn at a homeworld, and the whole fighters thing, that dosen't happen too often either

[Shadowstar]

Really kinda makes researching larger ships pointless doesn't it?

Why use a group of big ships when you can just throw 30 or 40 frigates at someone, knowing they won't be able to shoot them all...

The strategies should either use a damage prediction model, to see how much damage a single shot is likely to do, and then count that when each weapon is fired, or they should have a cycle targets option. I could see priority spreads being very useful in strategies.