Jumping in at the deep end

[douglas]

Jtownsend said:
Ah! Good point, I had actually failed to give thought to weapon size differing.

Don't forget rate of fire, too. There are only two weapons I would recommend in most circumstances as an improvement on PPB's: APB if you have TONS of research and your opponents have phased shields, and shield depleters if your opponents have phased shields. Neither one is worth concentrating on before getting maximum CS/ECM/scattering armor/stealth armor/training.