Tactical Use of Various Weapons

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by capnq:

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The damage doesn't seem to accumulate

AAMOF, damage does accumulate; the engine should be destroyed on the second hit.

However, if a component doesn't take enough damage to be destroyed before the combat ends, it automatically goes back to full strength.

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It's possible that it accumulates, but in destroyer vs. destroyer fleet combat, it is hard to get multiple hits on the same destroyer in time to make up for the fact that the other guy is hitting you with weapons that are actually doing damage. Also, there may be an issue where the accumulated engine killing damage would get pooled with the next normal hit against shields. I'm not sure how that works and haven't had much time to try further tests. Others have done some analysis of that in the past, so someone may be able to shine more light on that. At any rate, it seems at least fairly ineffective to use level I or II Ionic Dispersers in normal mounts, even if the damage might eventually do something.