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General Discussion / Re: Afflictor and Doom
« on: June 10, 2023, 09:07:39 AM »
@baxt
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@PizzaInSpace
AI can't pilot Afflictor anywhere near as well as a player. It doesn't "understand" the concept of bypassing omni-shields via phase cloak speed.
A player Afflictor is a menace that can kill any kind of ship, picking it right from the middle of dense enemy formation, if needed. Including capitals and/or accelerated (hullmod) omni-shield ships.
An AI Afflictor may occasionally kill a front-shielded ship, but will most likely fail many approach attempts even in easiest 1v1 situation: difference between capital/cruiser death explosion radius and AMB shooting range is small, if AI ends up too close it will abort attack attempt.
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@PizzaInSpace
AI can't pilot Afflictor anywhere near as well as a player. It doesn't "understand" the concept of bypassing omni-shields via phase cloak speed.
A player Afflictor is a menace that can kill any kind of ship, picking it right from the middle of dense enemy formation, if needed. Including capitals and/or accelerated (hullmod) omni-shield ships.
An AI Afflictor may occasionally kill a front-shielded ship, but will most likely fail many approach attempts even in easiest 1v1 situation: difference between capital/cruiser death explosion radius and AMB shooting range is small, if AI ends up too close it will abort attack attempt.