Ath Amon
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Posted - 2006.09.27 16:36:00 -
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the new improvement seem very interesting, and i'm eager to see all of the new improvement (and warfare in future) implemented....
but... (eheh ther's always a but :P)
 Originally by: Oveur's blog
That shipwreck is now salvage-able, where you will find scraps of components required to create Rigs, the new ship upgrades which currently have a heavy defensive focus.
there is also a plan to revamp proj? if ships will become more defensive (better tanks/hp) than now, some weapons like arties will be indirectly nerfed as, is quite logical, the impact on alpha strike will be less consistant than now.
similar for weapons with (supposed) added versatility like ACs that have a very poor dps.
Not going to speak much about what i think are actual ACs problem and umbalances...
but by logic as the combat become longer and ships will "heal" more damage, raw dps will pay out more than (low) traking or range bonus as ships will be able to maneuver more, or more variables can play a role during combat.
also as minnie ships generally don't shine that much on the raw tankage a longer battle don't really help them.
to try to show how dps can scale differently with a tank boost here an example
let's say we have a tank, a neutron ship and an AC one, the tank will heal a certain amount of hps per second while the other 2 ships will deal a certain amount of damage per second
heal per second 30
neutrons damage per second 100
AC damage per second 75
net dps on neutron 70
net dps on AC 45
in this fully ipotetical situation the difference in real dps between neutron and AC is by around 65%
but if the tank is boosted to let's say 50 heal per second we have
heal per second 50
neutrons damage per second 100
AC damage per second 75
net dps on neutron 50
net dps on AC 25
with a 100% difference
for these reson i think a general rebalance of various weapon systems will be needed, expecially if we speak about proj that are alredy the weakest DPS weapon system and that have their strong points in areas in wich the defender will get a nice boost with these new improvements.
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