[Loser]

Originally posted by Krsqk:
... the first thing that came to my mind was 2000kt of CSMs filling a Devnull barge... A fleet of 50 or so of those should get at least a few missiles through.

I'm sure they would, though I haven't played Devnull. But by the time you can support such a vast fleet, especially considering supply concerns, would you not be able to build cheaper direct-fire ships that would hit just as hard?

It is not as though CSMs skip shields. CSM must get past PDC and Shield, and only fires every few turns. APB only must get past Shield and fires every round. While the APB may not always hit (unless you get Religious, I guess) and does not have the range of CSM, does it not become a more viable weapon than CSM in midgame.

Is that not why CSM does not continue to scale? So that its use is replaced by later weapons?