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Ability terminology - what does "fighters" refer to?

March 3, 2008 7:45:46 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
When an ability's text refers to friendly or enemy "fighters", just what is that actually going to affect?  I'd assume that it's a catch-all term for strike craft - i.e. both fighters and bombers - but is this assumption wrong?  I'd hate to be investing in skills that only helped or harmed actual Fighters when it doesn't do anything to Bombers.
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Reply #1 March 3, 2008 8:21:36 PM
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It's a catch-all for strike craft, but I really wish they'd use a different term because of the distinction between fighters and bombers.
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Reply #2 March 3, 2008 8:41:17 PM
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changing the terminology in the specific areas to "strikecraft" wouldn't be overly difficult.

pehaps they'll make that change in a patch, just for clarity's sake.
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Reply #3 March 3, 2008 9:23:52 PM
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strikecraft
fighters - good vs. light armor targets and other fighters
bombers - good vs. structures and high armor targets

this is what i have seen and experienced
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Reply #4 March 3, 2008 9:58:30 PM
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Some of the Cap Ship abilities are a bit ambiguous in this regard. Do we have definitive answers?
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Reply #5 March 3, 2008 10:05:42 PM
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I'd like to know this as well. I can recall one Advent capship ability specifically refers to boosting 'Fighters' - is that all strikecraft, or Fighters specifically? I know there are some other cases of this.

Ambiguity is bad
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Reply #6 March 3, 2008 10:14:14 PM
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theres no ability/attack that only affects fighters and not bombers, all things that can hit/affect fighters can also hit/affect bombers.

just look at the entity files, theres only 4 groups of ship targets allowed.
fighter = all strikecraft, otherwise fighters/flaks couldnt kill bombers.
capital = capital ships
frigate = ..
cruiser = ..

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Reply #7 March 3, 2008 10:56:47 PM
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The only exception would be weapons upgrades- there are seperate lines for fighters and bombers. Otherwise when they say fighters they mean strikecraft.
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Reply #8 March 4, 2008 12:01:24 AM
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Great, thanks for the response! Glad I wasn't too far off. I do hope they fix the text, though vague ability text is more of a pet peeve than anything important.
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