Talk:Spring 2014 Event/@comment-60.50.242.46-20140501144645/@comment-861160-20140502015209

>Line Abreast drastically lowers the damage you've taken from your enemy fleet

Just because people repeat it doesn't make it true. I haven't seen anyone make a convincing argument for it.

But we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that double line increases damage output more than line abreast. And if you damage enemy ships enough, we know for a fact they do less damage to you. It's a better basis for recommendation than it may (or may not) increase defense and evasion. In fact, wikikwiki's formation page says in its description of line abreast that it seems to not increase either defense or evasion. Also, double line gets a very slight AA bonus that line abreast does not.