Point Defence Not Working :O

[Father Tim]

I would guess some sort of 'inexperienced fleet penalties' or low morale or other effect prevented them from following orders immediately.

[TheDeadlyShoe]

I have not even once had to press 'open fire' to get PD to work.  Training delay penalties do not apply to defensive fire.

Which combat log were you looking at, empire or SM?  SM does not have all the messages shown by default - it's possible (though unlikely) your ships were just missing like crazy.

[firsal (OP)]

I would guess some sort of 'inexperienced fleet penalties' or low morale or other effect prevented them from following orders immediately.

No such thing; they've been trained to 100% and have full morale.

I have not even once had to press 'open fire' to get PD to work.  Training delay penalties do not apply to defensive fire.

Which combat log were you looking at, empire or SM?  SM does not have all the messages shown by default - it's possible (though unlikely) your ships were just missing like crazy.

I also checked SM but nothing showed... Doesn't matter now that the issue is resolved