Cover Arc related questions

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I did a search after being frustrated with Cover Arcs and found the below thread which helped answer a few questions.

http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=90226&highlight=Cover+ARc

The advice to use wide extended range arcs will solve my main issue, spotting units outside the cover arc.

1 .But that brings up anther question I was unable to verify: Do arcs help with spotting? If they do, does a wide arc have any difference in regards to spotting as a focused one?

I had another issue that was perhaps more frustrating than missing an opportunity to shoot a spotted enemy. I had a M1 that was tearing me up, and I had a T-90 that was within 15 seconds of getting a clear shot and could engage the M1. The entire hill had enemy units, so I set a cover arc to cover just the M1 from the last way point, and sent the turn. It turns out there was a Truck right next to it, and my T-90 decided to engage that instead of the M1 who was able to get the 1st shot and shake my crew long enough for the M1 to get off 2 additional shots and destroy it.

2.Since the truck was not spotted, was a cover arc the right decision given the situation?

The other option I know of, is to use area fire at the square the M1 occupies. I have used this in the past, but with mixed results. Without testing this is also a issue that is perceived instead of being an issue. Anyhow - it reminded me of a tank who has a damaged targeting. - the lethality of the shooter is reduced. Just from my experience, it seemed that an undamaged tank, who uses direct fire, is more likely to kill or cripple its target.

The overall issue though, is that the AI saw the truck with a 50 cal main(only) weapon as a higher priority/threat as the M1. Either that or it determined that a frontal shot at a M1 was futile.

3. Has anyone else noticed issued with target priority?

PS. I had another topic that dealt with arcs, and the post was a little long, so I went back and picked out the questions with bold, spacing and numbering. I went back and focused the post a bit more, anyhow that is why it is formatted this way.