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Re: Late game minesweeper Tue, 05 May 2009 18:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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AlexTheGreat wrote on Tue, 05 May 2009 03:32

Is that generally considered an acceptable technique or not? I'd hate to use it if I'm likely to be called a cheat but if it's OK & others do it then .....


I'd consider it as cheating.

Micha wrote on Tue, 05 May 2009 09:00

But now that the beast is in the open...


An ugly beast, indeed. I've heard about it but never really realized the impact this ugly bug can have:
There are a lot of ship types which would usually blow up when hit by a standard minefield: mini bombers, b17, scouts, frigates... and thus one tends to act very carefully with such fleets because nobody likes to loose ALL bombers in a fleet plus ALL xports, scouts, chaff etc.

Is this all negated by this bug?

Perhaps, could anybody, please, give an example how mine-damage is alloacated in a fleet with
# 10 chaff (first design slot)
# 40 mini-bomber
# 55 destroyer

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