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Originally posted by Tampa_Gamer:
[b]However, it costs 200k research to get there. For another 140k you can have ripper beams whith a ppk value of 2.5 (again, ignoring the special ability and stand-off ranges) and the additional RPs spent are getting you advances in propulsion at the same time.
I have never used the Ripper Beam. I didn't think they did that much damage or had that good of a range. Have you found them to be pretty effective?