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				October 16th, 2003, 05:13 PM
			
			
			
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				 Ship combat experience 
 Is combat experience broken in the current patch? 
The FAQ says that a ship's crew gets 1% experience for each ship it kills, but I'm not seeing that. My ships -never- show any experience gained from combat, only if I use a training center.      
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				October 16th, 2003, 05:15 PM
			
			
			
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				 Re: Ship combat experience 
 They only get experience for direct fire weapons.  Fighters and Seekers will not earn experiences,   I don't think Ship Capture or Ramming will either. |  
	
		
	
	
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				 Re: Ship combat experience 
 IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical. 
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				 Re: Ship combat experience 
 
	I've made ships gain experience with tactical combat.  Unless it was removed in a current patch, it has been a while.Quote: 
	
		| Originally posted by Karibu: IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical.
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				 Re: Ship combat experience 
 
	That's retarded.  Will it be fixed?  Using v1.49, I noticed that no ship or fleet ever gained any experience, and I hoped this was something broken with 1.49 that would be fixed when I got Gold.  But you're saying it is still broken/intentional?Quote: 
	
		| Originally posted by Karibu: IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical.
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				 Re: Ship combat experience 
 
	Argh. Well, that explains it - I almost always use tactical combat in single-player. I will have to check in the game that I have going with my son to see if my ships there have been getting experience (simultaneous turns, all combat is strategic).Quote: 
	
		| Originally posted by Karibu: IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical.
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 Oh well, I have been thinking that I ought to use strategic combat more, just to get used to it for playing PBW, etc.
 
 Thanks for the info.
 
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