[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Nothing, really. Stock SE4's weapons are not very well balanced. The only RPS that comes in is whether you research PPBs before or after ECM and Combat Sensor IIs. Someone with more advanced ECM and CS using DUCs can slaughter your fleet armed with PPBs because their ships will be hit much less often than yours will be.

The way I see that RPS comes into play is that no one weapon is uber, unstoppable. Just like in RPS, the Rock can knock out the Scissors, in turn the Scissors can cut up the Paper, in turn the Paper and cover up the Rock. Just like in SEIV, no one weapon will destroy them all, you have to hope that whatever your hand shows (RPS) will be the one that can take out the person you are fighting against.

At least that's how I see it.