[AJC]

IMO- I dont think the PPB is too powerful.

Although it may be prudent to increase the cost of researching it.

There is no doubt that it is a nasty weapon in the early stages of the game. But I believe there are ways to counter it such as armor and keeping repair ships in the vicinity of your fleets.

In fact when I faced a player using PPB extensively I didnt bother with shields and put alot of scattering armor and stealth armor on my ships which countered his advantage in weapon effectiveness until I had phased shields.

I do however think that level 6 phased shields need to be at least as strong as level 5 non phased shields.

[ May 30, 2002, 03:10: Message edited by: AJC ]