Re: balancing Fighters

From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker <schoon@aimnet.com>
>I've also never had too much dificulty in dealing with fighters in FT.
I've
>found that just one escort with an ADFC can really mess up a squadron's
>whole day.

Actually, this ties in neatly to one of FT's other main sticking points.
 In
most cases, concentration of fire can carry the day and so tight
clustering
of ships is a bonus.  Here, tight clustering of ships is also good
anti-fighter defence.

Are fighters inherently nastier when you have to be aware of area effect
weapons and fly in a more open formation ?