[Tezzezar]

Again, if you look at it in terms of research invested, APB XII's do slightly higher average damage but take longer to research and are countered by low level shields that PPB's ignore.

The thought about lowering the cost of phased sheilds is a good one and would be another way of dealing with the issue. Maybe have planetary and system sheilds be X+ levels.

Almost every game I've been in players go straight for these weapons. The ones who don't do so as soon as their fleets get destroyed. That's usually an indicator that there is a balancing issue.

Tesco, do you want to let us in on your reasoning or are you just representing the my favorite weapon vote?