Battle Questions

[Conglomera]

Question 1 :
In a battle... who start to shoot first?
Give me some examples, I.E when 2 sides have the same fleet: 500 fighters, 100 dessies and 20 cruisers each!

Question 2 :
I've come uppon a fleet who has a code activated, I wasn't cloaked but it said that next confrontation is in 23h so that fleet didn't attack me... and my vessels didn't shoot at it... can you explain me why?

[SMod]

Key let me see

[Conglomera]

Nah I didn't fight him, perhaps he already fought someone... So acording to your post I did conclude that there's an obligatory delay of 24h or so in which you can't fight after you've fought someone... did I get it right?

[ This Message was edited by: Conglomera on 2002-10-29 05:49 ]

[Lord Philemon]

1. The fleets don't shoot together. Its like this:
At the beginning your ships are shuffled (randomly). In your example it would be like this:

You Enemy
1.fighter 1.fighter
2.fighter 2.fighter
3.fighter 3.fighter
4. ... 4. ...
and so on.

Then one of you starts shooting. This is also random. For example the enemy shoots first:
1. fighter vs 1. fighter -> 1. fighter destroyed
Now it's your turn:
2. fighter vs 1. fighter -> 1. fighter destroyed
enemies turn:
2. fighter vs 2. fighter -> 2. fighter destroyed
your turn:
3. fighter vs 2. fighter -> 2. fighter destroyed

This goes on and on until all ships on one side are destroyed or all ships on both sides have shot. That means the one who shoots first would still have one fighter as his last fighter destroyes the enemy fighter.



Question 2: If the enemy fought someone else that doesn't mean he can't fight you. The 24 hours is only if he fought you once and only against exactly the ships he fought against, means if you put some ships that already fought into another fleet and try to fight it again it won't work.
I don't know why you didn't fight; maybe his fleet was cloaked when you fought? Or you didn't see the BR?
What was your fleet attitude?

[ This Message was edited by: Lord Philemon on 2002-10-29 13:52 ]

[ This Message was edited by: Lord Philemon on 2002-10-29 13:53 ]

[admin]

very good example, lord. this means, that with 50 fighters against 50 fighters would always one fighter survives (randomly).

there are more possibilities, why you didnt fight:
1. you are n00b protected for the first two days so your fleets wont fight
2. or the enemy arrived with his fleet cloaked and then decloaked. a cloaked fleet also creates the 24 h battlepause.

[ This Message was edited by: admin on 2002-10-29 18:50 ]

[Conglomera]

Oh thanx... yes I was the one who decloaked...