Thatguybil

[quote]How many of the 9 Cobalts would survive if they had focussed rather than spread? 5? 6? Maybe more?If you go with Alacer's tool for results: * 4 Cobalts survive when spread-firing, with one badly damaged (1/8 health)* 5 Cobalts survive when focus-firing, one badly damaged (1/8 health) and one at 1/3 health.I don't believe it's a convincing argument in favor of spread; as a friend of mine points out, however, it's a convincing argument in favor of shield mitigation doing its job. If the rol

[quote]The way the system is set up, it is not against focus firing though. A single ship can sometimes put an enemy ship to max mitigation. If you outnumber the enemy, he will get bonus mitigation and you might end up doing about the same damage to second as a fleet to him as you would with only a 1 to 1 ratio, because the 2 to 1 pushes his mitigation much higher. You essentially gain very little from having a fleet that is twice as large. In some cases (i.e. teched out advent), or with repair