Re: Fighters options please

B Lin wrote:

  > You then run into the problem when you have mixed fighters attacking
- The
  > attacker wouldn't be able to "shield" his one torpedo squadron with
3
  > regular fighter groups, since the defender would just fire all his
PDS,
  > mention that the torpedo fighters get killed first, then carry over
to the
  > regular fighters.

Well, I'd suggest either even distribution of the hits across the
attacking
squadrons, or alternating picking between defender and attacker.

  > Right now, he has to designate one or more PDS to the torpedoes and
may well
  >  go for over kill due to the potential damage that they can do, thus
  > allowing the 3 regulars to get in scott-free. Otherwise, the
defender is
  > splitting his PDS's and may not kill all of the torpedoes.	I think
the
  > current system promotes the use of mixed types of fighters on an
attack.

Well, if the hits are distributed equally to all attacking squadrons,
you still
need a mix of fighters to soak up the hits.  Ditto with alternating
picks.

  > With morale rules - it is possible for a partial squadron not to
make it in,
  >  giving some weight to the tactic of spreading your fire out to as
many
  > squadrons as possible and hoping that they fail their morale roll.
So
  > competely destroying entire squadrons reduces the effectiveness of
this
  > tactic.
  >
+ >
  > --Binhan
  >
  >Ray wrote
  >> Out of curiosity, what effect would allowing "wasted kills"  from
  >> successful PDS  attacks to carry over to other squadrons attacking 
the
  >> ship?  Has the advantage  of eliminating the time spent designating
which
  >>  PDS will fire  at which squadron	and such.  Just roll you PDS
dice,
  >> total up the kills, and  remove that many	fighters, then resolve
their
  >> attacks.
  >>
  >> --  Ray Forsythe - erf2@gte.net - www.wombatzone.com

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