Self-Destruct is Irrational Component

[dmm]

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Consider that the boarding ship has lowered its defenses and has moved close enough to dock with the SDD ship.

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The boarding ship had to lower its shields but it didn't lose all its armor and structural integrity. And I thought the boarding component was like pods for space marines, which is why it isn't reusable. So the boarding ship doesn't have to dock with the SDD ship.

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Also, the SDD is designed with the boarding problem im mind, so it would be way overpowered.

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Yes, but not THAT overpowered! An escort taking out a mother ship covered with organic armor??!! Why the heck would anyone even bother to make any other weapons? (Weenies could research master computer first.)

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
But ships at range have their shields up, and are mobile, so you can't reach them from where you are

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They aren't at range if you're ramming them.

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
I would suggest giving your SDDs a warhead ability, so they can do 1500 or so damage during a ramming. Your ship will be destroyed, but you get to do extra damage by delf-destructing.

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See comment above about escorts and mother ships.