SE4 Stock Balance Mod

[Suicide Junkie]

Any more comments on Point Defense? or the Talisman?
Would a significant defense penalty on the Talisman be a good idea?
How about The Hyper-optics/Anti-cloak sensors?
Perhaps a larger cost or size for non-racial sensors?
How much should Climate Control Facilities be improved?
What should be done with intel ops?

Summary
Unsorted Issues

• Fighters & Missiles too weak / PDC to powerful
• Climate Control Facilities too weak
• Medical Lab plague prevention effect too low
• Talisman too powerful
• Quantum Reactors too powerful
• PDC, PPB too powerful
• Torpedoes, Graviton Hellbore, Incinerator, too weak.
• Ship Training too powerful
• Not enough room for Weapon Platforms
• High level Intel ops too effective
• All of the new damage types not used
• Fighter Rocket pods -> Seekers?
  

Trivial Changes:

• Add redundant tech requirements to Standard armor allowing AIs to call for it in design creation.
• Reduce Price of Quantum reactor to benefit AI
• Separate Normal and Phased shields component family. (Split them in terms of "Show only latest" and the upgrade button)
• Add ability descriptions for weapon to-hit bonuses
  

Minor Changes:

• Smoothing of low level PPB improvements as below.
• Increase range of WMG & HEM to 10
• Reduce strength of Ground Cannon
• Reduce size of Supply Storage to 10kt. Count supply storage as cargo area.
  

Moderate Changes:

• Make standard Training Facilities System-wide for the benefit of AIs. Psychic Trait Version trains 2x as fast to keep it worthwhile.
• Scale up damage of ROF 2 weapons
• Increase Planetary shield strength by 5x
• Graviton Hellbore changed to Skip All Shields
• Double Effect of Shield Regenerators
• Individual resource bonus facilities 50% more powerful than all-in-one facilities.
• Small CS/ECM doubled in effect to keep up with ship-CS/ECM.
• Small accuracy bonus for torpedoes (~10%)
• Small accuracy penalty for PPB (~10%)
  

Suggestions of note:

• Phased Polaron Beam Average Adjustment
  

code:

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Research Cost: 15k

Weapon Damage At Rng := 30 25 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Weapon Damage At Rng := 35 30 30 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Weapon Damage At Rng := 45 40 40 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Weapon Damage At Rng := 50 45 45 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Weapon Damage At Rng := 60 55 55 55 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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[ July 30, 2003, 22:45: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]