Inconsistent Fighter Values & Imbalance in Combat
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This one could be "work in progress", and would be grateful if someone from Stardock could please advise if you want them - they are very common, and easy to pick up. I dont want to put them in Forum/mail them if they are of no use due to "work in progress". Below are comments on one engagement, if you want them, is this the way you want them laid out? Do you also want the saved game?
Scenario:
Single fighter takes on the Arcean Capital. Three ships in there, two older fighters and a recent fighter, the M5-1. Terran Fighter is a fresh, just upgraded fighter. No military starbases/resources on Arcean side, no fleet defence enhancement on the planet. So its a straight ship to ship battle.
Click on Terran fighter on map and it reports:
Missle Attack 4, Shield Defence 9, Armour 12 Hit points 20/20 (that includes a total of 48% support from two Terran Military resources - and maybe the battle values below caused by not taking those resources into account during the battle ??)
Click on another Arcean fighter of the same type on the map and it reports:
Driver Attack 2, Driver Defence 1, hit points 9/9 (has two x basic one point Attk Drivers)
End of engagement:
Arcean fighter destroyed, as it should be on those stats .....
but Terran fighter after the battle, it took 17 hit point damage according to the end of combat screen. With a defence of 12 against (admitedly 2) single drivers attack total value 2, the Terran paintwork shouldnt have been scratched with a defence six times the Arcean attack value, let alone a 17 hit point loss. Also the Arcean is being hit with a missle attk value of 4 where it has no defence, little chance of Arcean multiple shots in return to account for a 17 hit point loss.
Other inconsistent values:
On the map the Terran fighter was reported as having hit value of 20 prior to attack. At the end of engagement the combat screen reported a hit loss of 17, and final outurn value of 13/27, a click on the map icon also shows 13/27. Somehow it gained 7 taking it from 20 to 27 during the battle. Even taking into account the possibility of experience hits being added, none of the hit values for the Terran fighter appear to correlate, no matter at what point - or where - those values were taken.
Its a substantial variation from expectation, so I am trying to understand either where I went wrong, or in fact it is something that needs reporting. Grateful you advise on the utility of this as outlined in opening para, I dont want to waste time documenting if you dont need them.
Regards
Zy
Scenario:
Single fighter takes on the Arcean Capital. Three ships in there, two older fighters and a recent fighter, the M5-1. Terran Fighter is a fresh, just upgraded fighter. No military starbases/resources on Arcean side, no fleet defence enhancement on the planet. So its a straight ship to ship battle.
Click on Terran fighter on map and it reports:
Missle Attack 4, Shield Defence 9, Armour 12 Hit points 20/20 (that includes a total of 48% support from two Terran Military resources - and maybe the battle values below caused by not taking those resources into account during the battle ??)
Click on another Arcean fighter of the same type on the map and it reports:
Driver Attack 2, Driver Defence 1, hit points 9/9 (has two x basic one point Attk Drivers)
End of engagement:
Arcean fighter destroyed, as it should be on those stats .....
but Terran fighter after the battle, it took 17 hit point damage according to the end of combat screen. With a defence of 12 against (admitedly 2) single drivers attack total value 2, the Terran paintwork shouldnt have been scratched with a defence six times the Arcean attack value, let alone a 17 hit point loss. Also the Arcean is being hit with a missle attk value of 4 where it has no defence, little chance of Arcean multiple shots in return to account for a 17 hit point loss.
Other inconsistent values:
On the map the Terran fighter was reported as having hit value of 20 prior to attack. At the end of engagement the combat screen reported a hit loss of 17, and final outurn value of 13/27, a click on the map icon also shows 13/27. Somehow it gained 7 taking it from 20 to 27 during the battle. Even taking into account the possibility of experience hits being added, none of the hit values for the Terran fighter appear to correlate, no matter at what point - or where - those values were taken.
Its a substantial variation from expectation, so I am trying to understand either where I went wrong, or in fact it is something that needs reporting. Grateful you advise on the utility of this as outlined in opening para, I dont want to waste time documenting if you dont need them.
Regards
Zy
