[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Except for the problem that by the time a ship's shields go down in SE4, it's ussually about to die anyway. This really cripples these weapons and IMO should be moddable.

How bad a ship is doing when the shields go down depends upon the design of the ship. With enough armor, a ship can Last for a while without shields, especially in fleet combat. It all goes back to the rock/paper/scissors scenario. I agree that it would be nice to be able to mod, and maybe that is the real solution, but without this change, Ionic Dispersers are way too powerful now, given how easy it is to research them. Even with the shield skipping gone, they are nearly as good as DUCs from a damage standpoint, and capable of slightly better range, plus they ignore armor and, when they get through are guaranteed to damage something significant to the immediate combat. I'm not yet ready to throw them away as a secondary weapon.