Re: Galaxy transporter design

From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:28:14 +0000

In article <l7dk7sINNh6@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>, bampton@cs.utk.edu (Howard J. Bampton) writes:
>
> Having had the (mis)fourtune to attack several planets where the enemy
> had 100-200 unshielded cargo ships, I have this to say:
> As an attacker, I would MUCH rather that they had built fewer ships,
> even if they were heavily shielded. Do you have any idea how
> frustraiting it is to have your warships spend several rounds
> attacking unshielded cargo ships, while the enemy's warships are
> pounding your warships?

I'm missing something here. If the enemy has (say) 1000 cargo and 10
warships, doesn't that mean that they only have a 1% per combat round
of actually having a warship fire? So while you don't hit a warship
very often, their warships don't get to fire very often.

Does the combat generator cull out ships that can't hit first?

--
Alan M. Carroll          "Weren't there yams involved, too?" - J. Ockerbloom
Epoch Development Team
Urbana Il.               "I hate shopping with the reality-impaired" - Susan

References

Re: Galaxy transporter design
finn@convex.com (Tom Finn)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:19:29 +0000
Re: Galaxy transporter design
bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu (Bruno Wolff III)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:40:49 +0000
Re: Galaxy transporter design
bampton@cs.utk.edu (Howard J. Bampton)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:10:20 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Galaxy transporter design
finn@convex.com (Tom Finn)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:19:29 +0000
Re: Galaxy transporter design
bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu (Bruno Wolff III)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:40:49 +0000
Re: Galaxy transporter design
bampton@cs.utk.edu (Howard J. Bampton)
Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:10:20 +0000