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Ah, correction: I never meant that to say that after the PPB you can stop weapons research entirely, I'm just saying that you get them early and then keep em, none of the high tech weapons eclipse them.
You will do well to keep researching, because eventually the PBB do get "eclipsed". If your fleets are just a bunch of PPB ships, with a few Null Space Weapons thrown in, they are still susceptible to the same problems you individual ship had. The lack of range is going to kill you against an otherwise equal enemy. Setting your strategy to "point blank" doesn't do anything if you get chewed up before you get within range to fire your weapons.
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But I DO use other weapons..(besides PD): Against organic races I add some Null Space to the mix, and against a race who has been around long enough to have phased shields I add shield depleters.
Here we start to see a peek at the real reason for your success. It's not your reliance on PPB at all. It's your ability to react to different situations and different enemies.
But neither of these are going to help you against an enemy with
longer range weapons than PPB.
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I'm not surprised that a ship with APB XII beats a PPB V ship, but I'll do all I can to destroy an empire before they get to APB XII, not that hard with the early lead the PPB gives me.
Ah ha! PPB
isn't a secret weapon after all. It's your aggressiveness, strategy, and execution that wins you all those games. (I knew it all along.)
And here's the kicker. What if your enemy starts out with PPB as well? That neutralizes your early advantage. Then you are back to relying on your wits, instead of your fancy Phased Polaron Beams.
My entire point in playing the devil's advocate in this thread has not been to say that PPB's aren't a great weapon, especially in the early to mid game. But when I hear terms like "bored" or "repetitive" in reference to SEIV, I gotta think you aren't playing the right people.
Geoschmo
Re: PPB is the best weapon in the game. Discuss.
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