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Originally posted by geoschmo:

I like the idea of different weapons being superior to others at different times in the game.
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The remaining direct fire weapons would be your "niche" weapons, good for ceratin situations, but not the basis of your military, and your seekers which are different classes alltogether.

That's certainly a valid approach. But even if that was the direction this mod goes, I would still argue that PPBs (like Null-Space) should be a niche weapon rather than a Main Line weapon. The progression could be DUC --> Meson BLaster --> APB. Each representing an improvement on the latter, reflected both in cost of research and resources.

That said, however, I would much prefer there to be choices at each stage of the game rather than a simple formula to follow.