Re: Fighters options please

On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 04:10:42PM -0400, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:

>Rather than just say "only one attack" perhaps "attacking a ship 
>costs X CEF"--let's say 3 for the sake of plucking a number out of the 
>air.  Add this to the "fighters burn a CEF every turn plus extra for 
>combat/secondary move" and that may fix the fighter problem.  If 
>carriers are close, fighters can go rearm but the carrier is at risk.	
>If carriers are distant, you're not going to lose many ships to swarms 
>because they can't just keep working their way around your fleet. 

Maybe. I think I'd want test games. It certainly sounds interesting.
Someone who wants massed fighter swarms will have to put more resources
into carrier defence...