Weapon Platforms - Overly Powerful or Just Balanced?

[TerranC]

I have a beef that I'd like to share with the community:

Back when even the smallest moons were like shooting fish in a barrel, and there was nothing that Weapon platforms could do, It was just too darn unfare.

Now, Weapon platforms are fixed, and increased in usage.

I liked at it first, I really did.

But then group of warmongering ships -MY technically advanced SHIPS- was systematically destroyed, one by one, and getting only a few shots even with the best sensor tech.

Does it have any ECM's? No.
Does it have any defensive bonuses hardcoded? No.
Does the race controlling the weapon platforms have better defensiveness or do I have bad Aggressiveness? No.

Does it make shooting HUGE planets seem like shooting F15 with a peashooter? Yes.
Does it make almost every planet invincible?

That's for you to decide.

[ June 09, 2002, 04:26: Message edited by: TerranC ]