There should be a harass options eventually, now or later. Where a small fleet engage a larger fleet just to take out key ships and retreat. Stuff like repair gantry, cargo ship, or even fuel ships.
It could also make total sense to soften the enemy with a harass fleet before a real strike comes in.
Right now we can sort of do that, engage, pick off a few ships, then retreat, then do it again. But the player is locked in this combat unless they want to suffer a retreat that will most likely be very costly.
Also there is no way to strike at a non deployed ship.
How about now there will be a option that the AI and player can use. That allows a smaller fleet to decide a harassment battle. Where the smaller fleet can choose an target to drag out on to the fight, and its up to the defender to decide how much to commit to defend that ship.
While the defending side will get their deployment point to match that of the attacker (with defend target included). While there also will be a timer that ticks by giving the defending side more DP to get more ships in to defend, if needed.
Perhaps now smaller fleets will choose this tactic to engage the player and it could turn out to be quite fun. Especially for those people like me that have a whole fleet relying on one atlas.
Then maybe we can get hull mods or skills that allow looting even though they have retreated.
Might even see a two frigate pirate fleet decide to attack one of your freighter. The you get to pick a frigate or fighter wing to fend them off while you wait for reinforcements.
Could be fun.
Does it make sense? About as much as fog of war in space.
