Talk:Combat/@comment-84.90.161.45-20141205110452/@comment-25534439-20141206145218

Theoretically the small ships should be screening the big ships; that's generally their purpose in fleet formations. Sucks that firing proceeds by range order first; at least for the second round of shelling you could put the BBs at the end of the lineup to give your smaller boats a second shot at clearing out their small ships (leaving that all important BB shelling fewer targets).

Question, though: have you actually kept track of any of this? Confirmation Bias is a pain.