Ships Combat Initiative wiki table display

[John Robinson]

I never thought about ship initiative until discovering the Defense Patter Matrix component-3 (+2 init) for sale. 

Ship Initiative:
1.) Does this mean the ship with highest initiative takes action first
at the beginning of each round of combat?

2.) During battle does ship, and crew damage reduce initiative unless debuffed?


Displaying Initiative on the Wiki sortable ship stats table.

Could you replace Total compartments with Initiative? Abbreviating to "Init" will fit into column heading.

The column headings are out of space and cannot add any new columns. The number, and type of components
are listed right after the total.  The number of small, medium, and large compartments a ship has matters.
Total seems a little redundant.

Replacing "Total" with "Init" columns is probably the best way to go.


An optional method could be more convenient for the user, but a real pain for the coder.
1) Total column deleted
2) Cargo hold shifted to the left of Crew column
3) The engine column displays speed, agility, AU.  Placing the new Initiative ("Init') column to the
    left or right side makes the most sense. 

[Cory Trese]

Init doesn't come from ship

[John Robinson]

Jul 22, 2018 18:10:36 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

Init doesn't come from ship

Why is the Defense Pattern Matrix 3 ship component.  Listing +2 Initiative?

I might be missing out on something really cool, just because I'm confused.

Thanks 

[Cory Trese]

Sorry -- I was just saying it is a weapon thing, not a ship thing

[John Robinson]

Jul 22, 2018 18:42:10 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

Sorry -- I was just saying it is a weapon thing, not a ship thing

That makes sense. It has nothing to do with ship movement, it's ship weapons. Saved me some money on a unnecessary upgrade.

I know you are crazy busy, thanks for making time.

[Cory Trese]

since buffs apply inline getting your weapons to fire first gives you a big advantage