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Actually, I think it would work just as well to increase the amount of damage required to destroy seekers. As it is now, a single hit from a PDC will destroy a seeker of same (or lower) level. If missiles are harder to destroy, PDC's would become more balanced.
Yes, that's what I've been doing. As for seeking parasites and crystal torpedos... ever notice that they only go up to lvl 5? Don't those of you who love seekers find that somewhat tragic?
So I'm playtesting the VI thru X Versions of those weapons so Organic and Crystal Weapons get better seekers at higher levels. Also, I added three more capital ship missile levels (VI through VIII) and an extra plasma missile (VI) due to a typo in the original research files for various missile-armed races. It goes to lvl 8, so I changed techareas for missiles to max lvl 8 and added them in.
Currently, Crystal Torp X has the highest seeker damage rating. Also, I lowered the tonnage for both parasites and crystal torps to 40 kt and lowered plasma missiles to 30. (Since plasma missiles aren't very useful even when I did increase the damage to plasma VI a bit more. Might as well toss a whole bunch at the enemy.)
Mind you, I don't use plasma missiles, nor do I use organic or crystal weapons.