AI War Beta 6.035-6.038 "Dire Protector" Released!

[Toranth]

I think it might be a better idea if they err more along the lines of too hard to dodge rather than too easy. Could you, say, send in a sacrificial fighter to detonate the torpedo if you can't shoot it down or dodge? Maybe all you need is a little micro.

Why a fighter?  Wouldn't a group of Missile Frigates work?  Or are the torpedoes smart enough to avoid detonating on things they can't AOE?
I haven't used Torpedo Frigates or encountered them in AI hands yet, so I don't know and have no game experiment with.

[LaughingThesaurus]

Fighters cost like literally nothing though.
I mean I see the point but still.

[KDR_11k]

I think it might be a better idea if they err more along the lines of too hard to dodge rather than too easy. Could you, say, send in a sacrificial fighter to detonate the torpedo if you can't shoot it down or dodge? Maybe all you need is a little micro.

That's an interesting idea actually. Would it be possible to code them so that they HAD to detonate if ANY enemy unit touches/comes too close? Make the 'too close' range be half the radius of the explosion, and you could sacrifice weaker ships to keep the torpedos off your more valuable/stronger ones.

AOE immunity would turn some ships into walls then. Unless you treat these torpedoes like proper warheads and let them breach AOE immunity.