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xenoargh

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Mission Scoring
« on: July 26, 2013, 06:18:24 PM »
1.  Would be nice if Plugins could manipulate it +/-.

2.  Retreating friendly ships should get a score using the ratio of hitpoints max vs. hitpoints when retreated.  That would make one of the missions really hard to ace as-is but hey, we all love those escort missions anyhow  ;D

3.  After playing the missions for a bit while testing things, I'm almost inclined to say that enemy ships that Reteat during Missions should be scored as dead; there are few things as frustrating as blowing away an enemy fleet in a K:D mission to see your score blown by a Lasher you never even saw, or watch the Onslaught run away screaming after you've clobbered everything else in The Last Hurrah (just had that happen, and a flawless victory, no casualties... 84%  :-[).

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Re: Mission Scoring
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2013, 03:29:22 PM »
Quote from: xenoargh on July 26, 2013, 06:18:24 PM
3.  After playing the missions for a bit while testing things, I'm almost inclined to say that enemy ships that Reteat during Missions should be scored as dead; there are few things as frustrating as blowing away an enemy fleet in a K:D mission to see your score blown by a Lasher you never even saw, or watch the Onslaught run away screaming after you've clobbered everything else in The Last Hurrah (just had that happen, and a flawless victory, no casualties... 84%  :-[).
If nothing else, Xeno makes a really good point with this one. I've no ideas for a solution, but I submit that it is definitely a problem.
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Re: Mission Scoring
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2013, 03:36:09 AM »
I think that you should get some points, but not the full amount you could have gained by destroying the ship. Looking at it from a tactical standpoint while disabling ships and scrapping or boarding them is a blow to the enemy, the retreat of a ship is less bad.

For example having your Onslaught run from a fight with it's tail between its legs is preferable to having to build a brand new one from scratch.
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