Turn order in Strategic Combat

[stecal]

What determines who moves first in strategic combat? It seems like my ships always go second no matter whether I iniatiated combat or not. This is especially painfull at warp points where my carriers often get blown up by enemy fire before they even get to launch their fighters. I am player 8 of 8 in a multiplayer, simultaneous game and I would hate to discover that is why I go Last

[Lemmy]

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Originally posted by Brainsucker:
... I am player 8 of 8 in a multiplayer, simultaneous game and I would hate to discover that is why I go Last

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sorry, but i think that's exactly why you always start Last.



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Q: When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and were able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go, gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to the station?

A: Objection. That question should be taken out and shot.

[liga]

I hope that this things will be fixed soon ....

Liga

[Jubala]

Yep, that kind of sucks. Means the enemy will always get in the first shot at warp points both when you are defending and attacking. Painful.

[CaptSpoogy]

I think it would be a lot better if the attacking empire would get the first move always.

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[Taqwus]

How about individual ship initiative, taking into account +hit bonus (which includes hull type, sensors, racial attributes, experience, and other modifiers), plus perhaps a modifier for traversing a warp point (perhaps a bonus to the defender), plus a random factor?

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[mac5732]

I disagree with the part about warp points. When you go thru one you never know what is on the other side. therefore when you go thru and the other player has defenses set up on warp point it only makes sense that he would get lst shot. That's why you should send in scout see what defenses and their strenght before you send thru your fleet. This forces you to reorganize your fleets to meet and defeat his defenses. As for reg combat in systems, I always notice that it doesn't matter who fires first, its who moves into range lst. Therefore who comes in range lst, fires first. I would suggest you use tactical at least for large or important battles that way you could move so you always would get the lst shot.

just some ideas mac

[Dravis]

You can't use tatical combat in simultaneous games.

[Will]

Not to mention the fact that it's a multiplayer, so still no TC.

[Paranoid Android]

This is really bad news. It means that all those fire once every 3-4 turn shield/armor skipping weapons will rip the guts out of your ships if you both start in close proximity as usuall at a warp point.