Ship combat experience

SpaceBadger · #1 October 16th, 2003, 05:13 PM

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.

SpaceBadger

Loser · #2 October 16th, 2003, 05:15 PM

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.

Karibu · #3 October 16th, 2003, 05:19 PM

IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical.

Arkcon · #4 October 16th, 2003, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by Karibu:
IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical.

I've made ships gain experience with tactical combat. Unless it was removed in a current patch, it has been a while.

It's a fun thing to do -- turn all ministers on, and just control one ship or one fleet.

Be the Captain Kirk/Picard/Harrington/Whoever and preserve your home empire, while the massive beaurocracy around you continues to make dumb decisions.

Saber Cherry · #5 October 16th, 2003, 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by Karibu:
IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical.

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?

SpaceBadger · #6 October 16th, 2003, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by Karibu:
IIRC ships gain experience only in strategic combat, not tactical.

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).

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.

SpaceBadger

[ October 16, 2003, 16:40: Message edited by: SpaceBadger ]

Loser · #7 October 16th, 2003, 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by Arkcon:
It's a fun thing to do -- turn all ministers on, and just control one ship or one fleet.

Be the Captain Kirk/Picard/Harrington/Whoever and preserve your home empire, while the massive beaurocracy around you continues to make dumb decisions.

Whoa! What a great idea! I'm going to have to go home and do that!

Does the quality of the AI affect how the Ministers handle things?

Can we arrange a PBW Version of this game? That would require some serious trust, honor, or soemthing....

SpaceBadger · #8 October 16th, 2003, 05:56 PM

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Originally posted by Arkcon:
I've made ships gain experience with tactical combat. Unless it was removed in a current patch, it has been a while.

I sure don't seem to be getting any experience that way. Was there something special you had to do to make this work? (Such as the minister thing you mention below?)

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It's a fun thing to do -- turn all ministers on, and just control one ship or one fleet.
Be the Captain Kirk/Picard/Harrington/Whoever and preserve your home empire, while the massive beaurocracy around you continues to make dumb decisions.

That does sound like fun. I guess I will have to try the ministers sometime and figure out how they work - never have used any of them so far.

SpaceBadger

geoschmo · #9 October 16th, 2003, 06:10 PM

I just ran a test game using 1.84 and had some combat and the victorious ship gained 1% experience.

geoschmo · #10 October 16th, 2003, 06:24 PM

Ok, I did a little more testing. The ship that fires the Last shot destroying another vessel gains 1% experience. However, I can't seem to get it to add any fleet experience. Perhaps that is broken and is what people are thinking about? I am sure I have seen fleets gain experience in strategic games, so perhaps the fleet experience is broken for tactical combat only.