Escort ship bonus Q?

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I have a fleet of 50 Escort Carriers and my 3 starting scouts. The fleet is not getting the 50 escort ship bonus though.

     "If you have 50-550 escort ships with at least 5 sensors and 1 weapon slot, they will contribute to the speed and stealth of ships of the line and capitol ships." :Side note: *capital

-http://spacegtc.com/spacemanual/combatshipescort.htm

So, I was under the impression the entire fleet needed at least 5 sensors. It seemed odd but 5 sensors and 1 weapon on each ship is completely ridiculous considering their limited number of slots to begin with.

So, am I missing something?

[Onos Toolan]

I think the 5 sensors is 5 sensor rating rather than selecting 5 sensor slots.
Do your escorts have a much greater speed rating than the ships you are wanting to bonus? I think normally its when your bonus points in speed are 70%=100% equal to the capital ships base speed that you start to see really significant bonuses...
Ofc, I cant remember if it was fixed that you actually SEE the bonus being applied, or if its still broken? Thats a question for somebody else

[mavolence]

If you want to maximize a speed or stealth bonus, then make heavy corvettes... 1 hull, 1 shield, 1 sensor, 1 weapon (beam is best) and the rest in engines and/or stealth.  50 is a minimum build... 80-100 is better to safely keep the bonus in combat.  Don't make them with stealth if your SotL or CAP line has no stealth.

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Ah, so it's not as simple as it sounded then. Thanks for the answers.


And btw, yeah you can see when you get the bonus. At least with scouts. In the other galaxy I was in I had the scout bonus for escorts.

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I have 30 Carriers all of which have sensors over 55 and more than 3 weapon slots but the bonus is not coming up. A couple of the ships took damage from taking a system though and dropped below 55 sensors, is that the problem? I thought they had to be destroyed to not count towards the bonus.

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I have 30 Carriers all of which have sensors over 55 and more than 3 weapon slots but the bonus is not coming up. A couple of the ships took damage from taking a system though and dropped below 55 sensors, is that the problem? I thought they had to be destroyed to not count towards the bonus.

Yaps.

Class targeting and bonuses no longer apply with damaged ships & reduced stats.