1) A, B have full tanks and C and D are empty.
2) A-D all have (roughly) half-empty tanks.
Obviously #1 is the preferred (and realistic) behavior. Reading the new rules post, it seems like we'll end up with #2. Is there a way to avoid this?
By what I see, 2 is the preferred and the expected as I thought the refueling priorities would put the lowest fuel % first. So it would alternate fueling en-route between A and B for a week total, and C and D the another week total.
AAAARGH!!! Yes, TWO is the preferred and expected option. Sorry about the goof on my part - I think it can be termed catastrophic!
Alex and 83athom have it exactly correct in terms of what I was trying to point out. As someone else said I think we need an "equalize fleet" option as well to prevent this. Oh, and btw, let's say A, B, C, and D are all different classes, so setting a single class to the highest priority won't work based on my reading of the behavior.
As for whether this makes sense (in terms of only having two "booms"), the USN doesn't have 1/2 the ships in a TG empty and the other half full when they're relying on unrep. They simply rotate the ships that are being refueled. My point is that the player shouldn't have to micromanage this.
STEVE - Could I request another answer based on the correct wording that #2 is the desired behavior?
Thanks,
John