Missile Flight Times & Thrust - January Update

[AndrewW]

The AR torp only gets to attack if the target performed EW in the current turn or last - but it does so with DM+6. If the target shuts down its EW, the torp automatically misses.

Is this going to lead to Wild Weasel type of tactics?

 

[Nerhesi]

Remember, only positive mods are ignored - it really is just performing quick and dirty operations based on best known counters.

But wouldn't a TL15 Super computer with Military Countermeasures perform a quick and dirty operations much much better than that TL10 clunker without any extra sensor equipment?

I get indigestion when we make two wildly different things equivalent - and I think this is really easy to address. Even easier by just saying "halve any positive modifiers" - it makes a huge impact on the roll and properly simulates "quick and dirty" across all tech levels.

 

[phavoc]

The AR torp only gets to attack if the target performed EW in the current turn or last - but it does so with DM+6. If the target shuts down its EW, the torp automatically misses.

Is this going to lead to Wild Weasel type of tactics?

You mean ships dedicated to firing AR torps to shut down sensors? With PD and EW rules against salvo's, I'm not sure it would be necessary. You really don't need a specialized ship to detect and fire these. It would be more of individual ships being willing to carry these in their magazines.

 

[AndrewW]

You mean ships dedicated to firing AR torps to shut down sensors? With PD and EW rules against salvo's, I'm not sure it would be necessary. You really don't need a specialized ship to detect and fire these. It would be more of individual ships being willing to carry these in their magazines.

Well, something like that. Thinking in terms of lightning up the sensors and setting them up for the kill.