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Author Topic: AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase  (Read 1454 times)

Schwartz

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AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase
« on: May 27, 2019, 04:24:27 PM »
I'll let this picture say it all. We see not one problem here, but two. The red arrow indicates player movement.

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Thaago

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Re: AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2019, 06:11:28 PM »
Honestly I just think you just did a really good job baiting... but yeah, unguided missiles vs phase should probably be no go. A salvo of Harpoons there could have seriously messed you up, given how high your flux was.
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Re: AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2019, 07:48:53 PM »
It's not just missiles & torpedoes, though it's certainly more obvious when there are 5 reapers involved. The AI speculatively unloads everything at phased ships, without any apparent regard for the opportunity cost or probability of success. Not a problem for PD/tactical lasers, but it can easily mean the big guns are on cooldown/flux capped when the phase ship actually does unphase.
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Re: AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2019, 07:49:25 PM »
Lol. Medal to the Legion cannoneer.
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Re: AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2019, 08:37:49 PM »
I can be wrong but torpedoes must run out of fuel just before onslaught back. Nice bait regardless of outcome.
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Schwartz

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Re: AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2019, 09:26:06 PM »
I wasn't baiting, just pure dumb luck.

Imagine my sadness when several of my own Spark squads came to 'help out' and cleared all the Reapers before they reached the Onslaught.
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Re: AI use of missiles & torpedos vs. phase
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2019, 01:18:24 AM »
Quote from: Awe on May 27, 2019, 07:49:25 PM
Lol. Medal to the Legion cannoneer.

I have a sneaking suspicion on the gunners identity.

Could he be...an ***?
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