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November 1st, 2003, 09:51 PM
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Re: POLL - Are some weapons techs too cheap
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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Being the uber weapon that they are, APBs don't seem to expensive too me...
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The only reason I say this is that when two fleets approach each other I have had situations where APBs fire at longer ranges so they miss more.
Tactically speaking they are at a disadvantage to PPBs because PPBs guy will hit more with the same damages.
They are disadvantaged against someone with DUCs because of the research involved. |
November 1st, 2003, 10:07 PM
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Re: POLL - Are some weapons techs too cheap
Assuming you use max range... but keep in mind that the extra range means you can get more ships in massive battles able to fire each turn, so the number of hits goes up with the APBs. Even though the range 7 and 8 shots have lower hit rates, they still add to the hits from closer ships.
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November 1st, 2003, 10:39 PM
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Re: POLL - Are some weapons techs too cheap
Yeah, but APBs need to be researched up to nearly the end before they can outdo PPBs. Even then, PPBs still have the extra advantage of bypassing regular shields.
I don't think you'll ever see any APBs on my ships. When I have little else to research, I might put them on large platforms.
But, IMO, they are too expensive to research.
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November 1st, 2003, 11:08 PM
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Re: POLL - Are some weapons techs too cheap
They are too expensive to research for the early game, yes, but not for the mid to late game. Especially on medium or larger maps...
APBs cost a lot less to build than PPBs. Phased shields easily make the shield skipping ability of the PPBs obselete. Just level 3 in phased shields is all you need to start getting powerful defense against PPBs. Such technology is not that hard to research in the mid game.
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November 5th, 2003, 08:52 PM
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Re: POLL - Are some weapons techs too cheap
david add a zero to everything. that will balance it out 
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November 5th, 2003, 09:10 PM
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Re: POLL - Are some weapons techs too cheap
I hope you do not mean EVERYthing...  |
November 5th, 2003, 10:11 PM
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Re: POLL - Are some weapons techs too cheap
Coming soon... Add Zero Mod!
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