RE: Anti-missile defenses in FT

The only problem with using a missile fleet, is what happens if the
salvo misses.  It really is a oneshot weapon & if failed you generally
get chewed up pretty badly by beam based ships.

I agree that missile defences need to be improved.  A good compromise
fix is to allow ECM to add +1 to your *DAF fire against missiles.  On
average, this improves the chances enough for a ship to survive a
missile strike.

'Neath Southern Skies
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Ortillery, rich man's artillery.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Nathan [SMTP:njp@cyberramp.net]
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>Seems to me that missiles are an excellent way to go vs. beams.  If I
had a
>mass 40 battlecruiser, I could load it up with 10 missiles (if I didn't
>bother with shields or *DAFs).  If each missile did average damage
(let's
>say 6 pts each and 8 out of 10 got through = 48 damage points), it
would
>pretty much chew up anything it came across (considering a fleet
carrier has
>49 damage points).
>
>Suggestions to deal with missiles better:
>1) increasing the odds of *DAF systems and C bats to hit missiles might
be a
>good idea. (hit on 5 or 6)
>2) allow ECM to affect the chances a missile has to hit
>3) allow fighters to attack missiles
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>Nathan
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