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Title: Four Interceptors lost downing a BB
Post by: KORfan on August 31, 2014, 10:51:23 pm

Today I had the odd experience of losing all four Interceptors while shooting down a Battleship.  The Interceptors were armed with plasma cannons and all engaged at the same time.  All five units were using beam weapons, so I have to chuckle and wonder who got the last shot?  Perhaps an Interceptor collided with the BB after the pilot ejected, or the BB flew through the last Interceptor while crashing?  At least it was at the end of the month (July 30) so it'll help my budget when the 1st rolls around.

Title: Re: Four Interceptors lost downing a BB
Post by: moriarty on September 02, 2014, 02:08:52 am

seriously? the last interceptor and the battleship killed each other simultaneously?
that's... actually rather cool. I didn't think this was possible (except for missile weapons, where it makes sense...).

I'm not sure, maybe beam weapons are only displayed as a continuous beam but handled by the game as a high-speed projectile?

Title: Re: Four Interceptors lost downing a BB
Post by: Dioxine on September 02, 2014, 02:37:58 am

All craft weapons are handled as projectiles, at least there seems to be no difference in the ruleset - they have projectile speed & so on.

Title: Re: Four Interceptors lost downing a BB
Post by: KORfan on September 02, 2014, 03:58:14 pm

Okay, that explains it.  Thanks!  It was a rather uncommon occurrence for me.

Title: Re: Four Interceptors lost downing a BB
Post by: Hobbes on September 02, 2014, 07:06:27 pm

IIRC it only takes 1 shot from the Battleship's weapon to destroy an interceptor and still takes quite a few plasma beam shots to bring down the Battleship. That battle was a close call.

Title: Re: Four Interceptors lost downing a BB
Post by: KORfan on September 04, 2014, 04:00:13 pm

My memory from past battles and this one is that you can have Interceptors take massive damage from one shot but still survive to return to base, or in this case to be hit again.  I was playing on Veteran level so that may have changed the Battleship weapon power.

Title: Re: Four Interceptors lost downing a BB
Post by: Solarius Scorch on September 04, 2014, 04:32:33 pm

Quote from: KORfan on September 04, 2014, 04:00:13 pm

My memory from past battles and this one is that you can have Interceptors take massive damage from one shot but still survive to return to base, or in this case to be hit again.  I was playing on Veteran level so that may have changed the Battleship weapon power.

Damage from UFO weapons is random. I can't remember the formula right now - it's different from the normal battlescape damage roll - but it's somewhat varied, depending on dice.