Actually Eric, I ran it through a sim. With the RIP attacking and 3k LF defending, the defender wins and the RIP gets destroyed in the first round. Mind you it's not for Zorg and has been known to give skewed results, but that's pretty impressive.

Tis impressive. I did some searching on this and if you go to the wiki for the most known similar game to this and check the LF page, it will say that RIPs are immune to LF completely. I don't no whisch is wrong but obviously one is.

I used the sim that you do (I think) and the battle ends in a tie with 1205 LF left over.

well, there are different styles of play, that is why I asked for a simple battle sim to be run, it can go either way, I just want to know which way it is

I'd just wait the day or so for the Battle Sim. That should be the most accurate since it's designed for Zorg.

i guess we will have to

No doubt LF would be more useful, but if a RIP can't even win a battle against them, I shall be buyng adressor a cookie

well, it all depends on the setup of this Battle simulator. It could go either way. I like Peanut Butter cookies btw (just in case)

Well, i simulated the outcome on similar games battle sim and it was a draw, as i expected. Battle ends with 2200 out of the 3334 LF left and the RIP still intact.

You gotta remember that the RIP can only destroy 1 ship per shot, with the RF (which represents the rough amount of times it can fire on the same ship per round) it still can't burn through all 3k. But saying that, the LF don't have anywhere near the needed firepower to penetrate the RIP's shields AND cause enough damage to the armour for an explosion chance to occur. It's a stalemate.

Personally i would prefer the RIP.

-Istalris-

confirmed. Ran 2 sims with 3400 LF and one RIP. gave each a chance at attack and defend. They bounced both times.