Fighters! What are they good for?

[Suicide Junkie]

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If your enemy has a fleet equipped with lots of PDC and PPB, use ships with Phased Shields (if available) or Armour, no normal shields and strictly direct fire weapons. PPB doesn't do much raw damage, and it'll take forever to chip through the armour.

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I am afraid that is not true at all.
PPBs have the highest damage Ratings aside from RipperBeams. 2.0 down to 1.67 at max range.
Rippers have a rating of 2.5, but short range.
APBs rate 2.1 at point blank range, but fade to 1.5 at max range.
Only MesonbLasters and racial-tech weapons even come close.

To fight PPBs, you need to stay out of range and use the big, inefficient guns like WMG.

(For a full list of damage Ratings, see This Thread)

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 24 October 2001).]