Posted by: Charlie Beeler
« on: September 23, 2010, 07:10:39 AM »I believe this is the post that Brian was referencing
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/topic,1680.0.html
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/topic,1680.0.html
I can't find the original post where Steve gave the formula, but to not have any loses in boarding you do need to be about 10 times faster than your target.20 times faster, actually. The formula is 20d10 percent, minus 1d10 for every time faster than the target the dropship is. I.E. if the dropship is five times faster than the target, losses will be 15d10%, which is still prohibitively high. Generally, you'll need to shoot up a ship and take out a bunch of engines before you try landing troops on it.