Newbie seeks info

[bmills]

I see that enlarging shipboard weapon mounts increases the damage they can do, but I don't see how to build larger weapons mounts. Any hints?

If I want to slow the AI factions down while I learn the game, should I set their difficulty to hard or easy? In other words, should I choose "easy" for me or "hard" for them?

[Taqwus]

On weapon mounts --

There should be a mount option on the ship design screen. Select it, choose a large mount (as long as your ship/base/WP is large enough -- the smaller ships can only use Normal -- and you don't mind the extra size cost. But the damage/space improvement ratio is always greater than 1, IIRC.), and *then* choose the weapons you want to enlarge.

AI difficulty refers to the difficulty from your perspective; Hard, for instance, means that it'll use many of the intel ops and behave somewhat more cluefully than normal, so if you want to make it easier, choose Easy.

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[bmills]

Thanks!

[Atrocities]

Becareful what ye wish for, ye just might get it. (Your enemies will use them as well, and if you do not diversify your ships, they will but into scrap.)

Good look.