Re: [OFFICIAL] Some FT background stuff (guidelines for writers) - LONG POST!
From: Samuel Penn <sam@b...>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 19:40:38 +0000
Subject: Re: [OFFICIAL] Some FT background stuff (guidelines for writers) - LONG POST!
In message <199802111655.IAA20144@futhark.Eng.Sun.COM>
Thomas.Granvold@Eng.Sun.COM (Tom Granvold) wrote:
> John Leary <realjtl@sj.bigger.net>
> > Drone fighters can be trusted to always make the same choice
> > given the (basically) same conditions. As a result the drones
> > win round one big time, and become progressively less effective
> > as the countermeasures come into play.
>
> The drone fighters could easily be programmed to avoid this.
> The simple way would to have a number of choices for any given
> situation and randomly pick between them.
As another option, there's nothing stopping the C&C ships
from downloading new tactics to the drone fighters as the
battle progresses.
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