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Author Topic: New Hint: ANTI_FTR_ONLY  (Read 1454 times)

NikolaiLev

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New Hint: ANTI_FTR_ONLY
« on: December 15, 2014, 09:49:24 AM »

Much like PD and PD_ONLY, a hint that specifies a weapon on autofire should only ever fire at fighters.  As opposed to the "PD, PD_ONLY, ANTI_FTR" combination which would also fire at missiles.

And before you say this wouldn't be useful to vanilla: Swarmer SRMs autofire at non-fighters which wastes the cooldown and ammo.  In my opinion they ought to use this hint so they're reserved for firing at fighters.

This hint could possibly intelligently detect if an enemy fleet has no fighters, and thusly OK its usage against non-fighters.
« Last Edit: December 15, 2014, 09:51:41 AM by NikolaiLev »
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Megas

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Re: New Hint: ANTI_FTR_ONLY
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2014, 09:56:30 AM »

Now that Swarmers are high-explosive, they are useful against up to destroyer class, especially if flagship has Missile Specialization 10.  If player uses frigate hordes where most of his frigates have Swarmers (useful due to passthrough, and cheaper than Harpoons), they are useful against anything.  I do not want Swarmers to not auto-fire on anything.
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