Fighters incorrectly target carrier while ignoring fighters in 1.84 gold

[raynor]

I'm a fighter fanatic. But the computer does a poor job handling fighters. I uncovered a bug in the targeting priorities.

I matched a group of 60 fighters against an enemy light carrier with 24 fighters. When I play tactically, I lose 8 or 9 fighters while destroying all fighters and the carrier. Typically, the AI deploys the fighter in four Groups of size 10, 6, 4, 2 or somesuch. I don't do anything special. I just target the fighter Groups one at a time until all are destroyed. Then, I destroy the carrier.

When I turn on 'automatic', my fighter group ignores all the fighters to go after the carrier. By the time it reaches the carrier, all my fighters are destroyed. The same thing happens in strategic combat.