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phil:
Hi,

Would someone explain what kiting actually does?  I can see (many) recommendations in the forum to turn on kiting -- I'm using a value of 1000 -- but I'm a little confused about what that means.  Is it that my auto-kiting ships will move to X - 1000 from their target (if X is their attack range)?

...and why is it called kiting?  I"ve not come across the term in other games.

Thanks,
Phil.

x4000:
The short answer is it keeps your troops moving away from the enemy so that your troops can shoot but ideally are out of range of the enemy.

phil:

--- Quote from: x4000 on July 27, 2016, 03:13:04 pm ---The short answer is it keeps your troops moving away from the enemy so that your troops can shoot but ideally are out of range of the enemy.

--- End quote ---
Okay... but what does the value in the auto-kiting box mean, please?

x4000:
Distance in pixels to stay away, I believe.  I don't use it.

Lord Of Nothing:
The Value in the box is the range threshold for which ships should use the auto-kiting behaviour- ships with a main weapon range higher thatn that will, ships with a lower range won't. IIRC, anyway.

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