skoormit wrote on Sun, 20 April 2014 12:17

neilhoward wrote on Sun, 20 April 2014 14:02

Adding chaff to a DD is not cheaper than using 5x DD.

Huh? How is one DD plus one chaff not cheaper than 5 DD?

Construction cost vs Sweeping capacity, micromanagement, longevity, reusability, resources and minerals lost with use, maximum fleet capacity, etc.

If mine damage dodge is allowed, the chaff-DD combo can be useful for very specific applications, making specific sweeping/interdiction tasks cheaper/easier. When fighting an SD, the usefulness of this tactic increases, but the application narrows. Similarly if mine damage allocation is allowed, the FF-DD combo has specific applications (eg long range/longe duration) where usefulness makes up for increased cost per sweeping capacity. Using chaff for crash sweeping is by far the most expensive way to sweep a field, but works great for when the package needs to get there on time

The 1xChaff-1xDD combo is like reactive armour: single use disposable.
The 1xFF-4xDD combo is like ablative armour: multi use disposable or reusable.