Talk:Tutorial: FAQ/@comment-123.51.54.124-20140630082035/@comment-64.233.173.205-20140630142827

BTW, there are two specific cases where there are default targeting sequences for both fleets.

If both fleets choose the line ahead formation and the encounter is head on, the firing sequence will tend to be diagonal (ship 1 to ship 6, ship 2 to ship 5, etc). This is not always the case because of course RNG will come into play and may assign targets randomly. However, because the probability for "default" is centered on the normal distribution table, this will tend to happen more often than not. If the "proper" target for a ship is already sunk, the ship will shift to the nearest equivalent. If ships 5 and 6 on the enemy fleet are gone, ships 1 and 2 will try to hit enemy ship 4.

The above is the most common reason behind the "Super-dreadnought bullying little abyss DDs" syndrome.

If both ships use line ahead and the encounter is parallel, the tendency will be side-by-side (ship 1 to ship 1, 2 to 2, etc). Other than those two I haven't seen similar tendencies.