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Originally Posted by SteamWake
The DD's seem to come in three flavors.
Dumb as a brick and oblivous to situational awarness.
Not quite as dumb and relatively aware yet easly evaded.
and last but not least "Bringers of death, unshakeable, bongo petes" the last can evidently only be defeated when they run out of DC's..
Oh I run RSRD and TMO
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Agreed. In my testing with AI sonars, I came to the conclusion that Competent escorts aren't really competent. Many times they'll just park and listen when the action starts. Poor or Novice crews serve only as targets. Veteran and Elite are a whole new kettle of trouble soup though and both can be a buggar to "dissuade". I was once held down for 8 hours by a pair of Elites (a very extreme case). But 2-3 hours isn't that unusual when you meet them.
It's all about escort crew quality and weather conditions...