PPB Rebalance Poll

[PvK]

Yes an increase to 7-8 levels might be more balanced for the standard set.

In Proportions people are stuck with unphased shields for longer, and there are higher levels of unphased shields, and fighters remain viable weapons but lack phased shields, and cost tradeoffs are more important, so PPB remains valuable even when weakened in Proportions.

This sort of change is only a disadvantage to AI's designed to take advantage of the original PPB. Others won't use PPB's anyway, so they'll be better off.

PvK

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by Taera:
The idea is good and was mentioned before. still, people say it would cripple the AI

hehehehe, and, what about the Ionic Disperser fix?
Still I'm working with my races to adapt them...

[PvK]

The next patch will probably address this. The current beta has no more shield-skipping effect for engine-damaging weapons.

PvK

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by PvK:
The next patch will probably address this. The current beta has no more shield-skipping effect for engine-damaging weapons.

PvK

My previous post was related with this "fix"...
Now I'm removing the ID for most of the Aquilaeian ships... trying to keep them still competitive after the new patch.

[Taera]

Why the ID still could be useful.
Add it as secondary weapon to a small size warship, say cruiser or so. this way it'll always have only 1 of the type. If the shields of the targets are down, it'll be nice. if they're not, the ID would help to get the job done.
From now on the weapon can be considered an improvement over DUC.

[Taera]

So.... do we have a decision relating to the PPB?

[geoschmo]

I think we decided we can't agree.