Yeah, I suspect it really depends on what a ship's weapons loadout is. I have a hunch that in DW2, if you designed & built a missile cruiser, it actually will do its best to keep at standoff range.
In addition, Erik does mention during the battle that the ships in the Mortalen fleet are equipped with a good amount of short-range weaponry, along with the engines to get them in close. So it was likely their (the AI's) battle plan from the start to get in a scrum with the Ackdarians, thus offsetting the latter's range advantage.
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