Point Defense Cannons

Kimball · #1 May 9th, 2001, 06:34 PM

If I have several PDC's on a ship, do I need Multi-Plex Tracking to target more than one fighter or seeker, or do the PDC's target multiple targets regardless?

Taqwus · #2 May 9th, 2001, 06:46 PM

No multiplex needed. They don't count against the limit, at least when firing automatically.

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nerfman · #3 May 9th, 2001, 06:51 PM

They will fire at the first target that enters their range and shoot until its dead. If there are any mounts left, then they will shoot at the next target that come into range. If you have unfired PD cannons the check for targets in range will occur after you move that ship or after an enemy move, so you can trigger your PD mounts to fire on a pack of missiles by purposefully moving into range of the missiles.

Kimball · #4 May 9th, 2001, 06:52 PM

Thank you.

TaeraRepublic · #5 May 9th, 2001, 07:45 PM

Oh lol, and i kept adding multiplex to my PDC ships...

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rdouglass · #6 May 9th, 2001, 09:01 PM

And on the topic of PDC's, does anyone know why the hit damage value went from 95 to 65? ...were they that unbalanced? I'm not really sure when they did, but I can distinctly remember PDC V's having 95 damage...

jc173 · #7 May 10th, 2001, 01:55 AM

To me they were, but I have heavily used missiles and fighter in the past, when I first got SEIV around ver 1.19 I used to get toasted every time I went up against an enemy with PDC. Even at 65 I still see lots of fighter casualties and intercepted missiles. I think part of the problem is PD weaps will always hit the same unit in a fighter or seeker stack until it is destroyed and then move onto the next one.

God Emperor · #8 May 10th, 2001, 03:10 PM

Given that fighters cost no maintenance, I think that point defence is pretty well balanced. If someone wants to use fighters, they should have to use lots of em to win against capital ships....

Nitram Draw · #9 May 10th, 2001, 03:46 PM

I always felt PDC were to effective but now I think they were overly effective due to the way fighter shields work.
There will always be a way to make PD or fighters have an advantage, the players are too devious

As long as they can be modded to fit your way of thinking then there shouldn't be to many complaints.
Now if we could only get direct fire weapons to act like PDC then we could have opportunity fire!