Playing as the Shimazu on N/N, I'm taking on the Mori. I was always worried that their large fleet would destroy my trade network, so I have a larger fleet than is probably necessary. Anyway, I managed to hunt down a Mori fleet consisting entirely of Bow Kobaya + Mori Bow Kobaya, and I sent a fleet of ~3 BK + 2 MB + 3 SB (yeah, a pretty decent group) after them. Auto calc was slightly in favor of the Mori, and my fleet was smoked! I sent my second fleet after them (same turn) which had a very similar composition, and my guys won, but barely. WTF?

So I reloaded and fought the battle myself and totally obliterated the Mori fleet by boarding with my medium and sengoku bunes. I captured 7 of the 8 ships, and my only losses were too heavily damaged bow kobayas. My question is: how does the computer, which seems to be so good at calculating odds, so over value bow kobaya? They're lunchmeat before anything larger than they are that can board!

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