Null-Space superior to Phased??

[Jason2]

I have read a lot here regarding the phased energy beams but haven't heard anyone mention the null-space.

I always use null-space over the phased-polaron as they ignore both shields and armor.

Any thoughts or comments about this??

Jason2

[Lion of High Park]

I completely agree. The null space cannons are VERY good. I tend to research up DUCs and capital ship missiles as my early game weapons, and then switch to a combination of phased polaron beams and null-space cannons as my main mid game weapons. The PPB weapons still have the edge, given the higher rate of fire than NSC's (until everyone starts using advanced shields, anyways). So on larger ship hulls, I tend to use one or two large/heavy mount NSCs, augmented with the PPBs.

[Zanthis]

NSP III: 50kt, 3 reload, 60 dmg, range 5
PPB V: 30kt, 1 reload, 50-60 dmg, range 6

Assuming only 50 dmg for the PPB, these weapons perform as follows:
NSP: 0.4 dmg/kt/turn
PPB: 1.67 dmg/kt/turn

The PPB deal 4.17 times more damage. Now, the NSP skips shields and armor. A quick check on Daynarr's Sergetti reveals they run around 5% of their ships' kt armor and 20% kt in shield generator.

Assuming a ship is dead when only armor remains, the NSP must do on average 0.95 times the kt of the ship to kill it. The PPB, OTOH, must deal 1.2 times the kt to deal with the armor, and 1.875 to account for Phased Shields V, for a total of 2.25 times the kt of the ship to kill it.

IOW, the PPB has to deal 2.37 times more damage than the NSP to kill a ship. As we saw above, it does 4.17 times more damage.

YMMV, especially in the opening volley, since NSP's kill components while PPB's are still beating down shields.

[Triumvir Emphy]

YMMV?? Yo Mamma May Vent?? what is YMMV?

[Mark Dey]

Your Mileage May Vary

[Zarix]

I use null-space weapons all the time. They are a lot better than PPB because I use them with in a combo with repulser beams. Repulser beams give time to NSP to reload.

Even more powerful is to use ripper beams and tractor beams.