Posted by: Charlie Beeler
« on: September 19, 2013, 09:56:42 AM »My recollection is that Aurora only tracks incoming salvos, as opposed to individual missiles, as AMM targets. So in your second example, you'll have two waves of AMM targeting the first salvo: 5 AMM then 4. Let's say the first wave completely misses. Then it's still possible for the 2nd wave to completely kill the first salvo, i.e. the AMM in the second wave are not targeted at particular missiles in the first salvo. From your description, if the first wave was a complete miss, the second wave would be at most able to kill two missiles in the first salvo (missiles 2 and 3, since all the AMM launched at missile 1 (in the first wave) missed) - this is not the behavior I remember.
John
I'll admit I haven't actively played for a while. That being said, the behavior in my description is my understanding of Steve's intent with the ratio's.
You're quite correct that the targeting is only at a salvo level not individual missile. My description should have said that the MFC would only fire enough launchers to fillout the assigned attack ratio not that AMM's are assigned to specific missiles. So yes if the first AMM wave misses the second does have enough to kill all 3 missiles. By the same token the first wave could kill all the missiles and leave nothing for the second. I was only describing how the PD ratio controlled the initial launches.