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« on: May 10, 2012, 11:40:18 AM »
The problem with the fighter heavy forces isn't the FP or the speed or the supplies. It is that nothing fights back against it. The AI is terrible at concentrating its forces which allows the most mobile fighters to swarm and destroy the AI fleet one by one.
30 FP of anything will trash a single 10-15 FP unit no matter what it is. This holds true for fighters, they just have an easier time ganging up on stuff because they are faster. Fighters will probably continue to be strong until the AI understands that it should keep a flak frigate next to destroyers/cruisers. In this case, instead of 30 FP of fighters hitting a 20 FP cruiser it would be 30 FP of fighters going at a 20 FP cruiser and a 10 FP frigate and the frigate was been fitting for the sole purpose of smashing fighters with tons of things like burst lasers and flak guns and if the frigate can ding the fighter enough to kill its engines, the cruiser its gaurding will be able to use its large weapons to swat the fighter instantly.
So yes, fighters are OP, but only because they have no opposing force and are left unchecked.