Remember 6 stack fighting?

Ten stack unchanged.. 3 wave..

Im wondering whether AC or DM is still doing a version of gc..

Yesssss

3 TIMES BATTLE ROUNDS and 6 STACK FIGHTING!!! everyone`s fleet will be destroyed.

12 stacks of DOOM .

YA YA YA 3 rounds would probly destroy spamming cus of the etra hits but i would love to see numbers to prove or disprove it

dont change anything except increased the wave to 3times..

Need stephen though..

simple solution, adopt one of UC`s battle mechanisms.

Any stack in fleet greater than 40% of total fleet PR (i.e. first and/or second stack), will get a -20% penalty to weapons. On the flip side, any stack in fleet less than 9% of total fleet PR gets a 10% bonus to weapons and hull.

one sec, lemme hop up on this soapbox. as for the tone, it makes me mad when people try to solve problems by doing things that would make the problem worse. it shows either ignorance or nerfariousness.

a refresher, since i think some of us forgot how spams work. in general, a 2mil PR stack will kill a 1mil PR stack. (scale up till you are convinced, 20mil v 10mil?)

with 6 stack cap, 3 stacks of spam (herc nirv tyr, lyth lictor arag, etc) plus 3 decoys can completely wipe out the enemies 6 even stacks without a flanking attack ever having happened.

by increasing the cap to 10 stacks, the same tactic (3 stack spam) would result in 4 flanking stacks by the defender, which helps turn the tables against the spammers. to counter this, the attacker could expand to 5 stacks, which then is arguably not a spam at this point. thus the problem went away for the most part. a notable exception these days are 4 stack destroyer spams, which work fairly well against 10 stacks

to revert back to 6 stacks would make spamming much more common as has been said by others, and adding a 3rd wave would make it easier to spam. 3 stack spam would be able to meet 9 stacks, essentially the same problem as with 6 stack max and 2 wave system

if spamming is becoming a problem again, the way that has worked in the past is to increase the number of stacks. and if that is becoming a problem of its own due to a shortage of ships, either finish researching your ships, look harder, or (my favorite) lets add more ships! the only race with a "shortage" would be collective with 8 unique ships (plus a base), leaving room for 2 neutrals, and if you cant find 2 good neutrals to use, then i suggest fodders and call it a day

6 stack fighting + 3 wave battle system?

So a spam on careful would rip through at least 3 stacks then.

Or a different number of waves for the different attack stances?

if the goal is to cut down on spams, if anything we should be going in the other direction; give +2 stacks to defenders and spammers will have a harder time of it

should bring back the thunderdogs while you`re at it

personally, i see nothing wrong with it. its your own fault if it happened to you, lets bring it back.

It was sure fun, anaboliking feds.

Remember Anaboliking feds? but there was nothing wrong with that system *looks innocently*