Sorry, this is a bit long winded. I have to get this out.
They are definitely hard coded to do significantly more. I had 2 Osaka Destroyers lose a fight to 1 J.
They stripped it's shields quick, then the damage just simply stopped. No hull damage at all. Then both destroyers lost all shields, and when to 15% hull before they each jumped out.
When I used the Woden, it did 0 damage to the K it was fighting. It simply got annihilated. I performed the same battle a second time, this time in control of the Woden... I took the shields out with one fully charged volley PSP. Then began peppering it. It went kaboom as it got to the end of my shields. Took a small percentage to my hull, but was able to repair it with a Cormorant. That was manageable.
I retaliated by annihilating everything in the sector north of Black Hole Sun. Used 3 Marlins to do it. That was fun...
I discovered the Marauder Corvette has the same issue as the Dragon. When fighting anything, it does no damage in OOS. Lost a fight to M5's without hurting them even slightly. Weapons.... 8 HEPT in front, Left and Right PBC (Beam), rear HEPT.
I know this is going to count as bitching a bit, but they made crap wayy too aggressive. On my playthrough, as soon as you pop one group it almost immediately respawns in another spot within a few minutes. (At 10x Seta speed anyway). It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't have it set with Xenon doing soo much extra than you. But given the constant roaming K's and I's in my game, it's way too lopsided. And they are mostly targeting my claimed sectors.
I started a fresh playthrough and got lucky with several sectors.
Tears of Greed beta, Midnight Star beta, Harmony of Perpetuity beta, Unseen Domain beta. Choose to leave the rest to NPC factions.
And the J's that keep attacking those, pop right in at the gates just outside the beta's. Not to mention the constant waves of LX, M, M, N, N that keep spawning right there. At least the I's and K's start from a Xenon sector and roam. They sometimes get stopped by the Rapid Response fleets, but the Military version capitals, completely ignore the Xenon fleets. Too busy pissing on other factions and enemies in those space. (Argon and Teladi at war in my game).
Saw a Titan keep fighting a Gannet in New Income. Titan attacks Split ships, Teladi respond with RRS Gannet. Rinse and repeat. Oh, and Boron Guppy likes to dock at the Military Outpost in Pontifex Seclusion to get energy cells. And the Paranid ignore it.
So I have a preference for the Terran ships. I have to ask this... (mainly rhetorical) Is it a combination of Terran ships being completely nerfed beyond any meaningful use that I am dealing with here? And since when do Xenon ships spawn in Oort Cloud.
Anyway, tirade complete. Feel free to tear apart / comment as you please.
