In the current state of the game, retreating from a battle is a bit too efficient in some cases and too inefficient in others.



I've had situations where enemy fleets (about 7 command points each) face my 12-command fleets, take 400 damage (nothing at all) and retreat. I know there's a race which prevents retreats, but I think this is a bit too hard on the other races.



I've seen the following pattern repeat turn after turn when playing against the AI:

• There's one entry-point to my opponent's system, the other end also happens to be the enemy home planet.
• I have 4 fleets stationed on my side, further enemy movement is blocked.
• The enemy moves into my system, I attack him, he retreats taking almost no damage at all.
• A repeat happens next turn.
  
  

I would like to suggest that retreats should have a fail rate based on the number of movement-points the fleet has left. Perhaps with an exception by having some sort of special rule with 50% chance of making it through a jump requiring the Applied Casimir Effect.

+1 to this.



The suggestion to introduce new cards in this thread is also good.

While it may not alleviate the problem that much, this is what I've come up with against annoying ever-retreating AI:







However, it doesn't work against standard retreats. :/

Haha!



Any offense card nullifies Offensive Retreat too.