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[Desdinova]

That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

a couple of ways to compare.
1. if you have the patience you can read the individual weapons in components.txt

2. there is a list in the game...go to create a ship...when the new screen comes up there is a button on the lower right side called weapons report that will display damages for each weapon that you have researched...to get the entire list create a new game and give all techs to yourself.

[Fyron]

Do some calculations to get a rough comparison. Use this formula:

Damage / Rate of Fire / Tonnage

The higher this value is, the more damage the weapon does. It factors out differences in component size and rates of fire.

[Desdinova]

Fyron, on that calculation what range's damage do you use or do you calculate for each range.

[Rojero]

It is also about preference..
I personally like Null and Pshyic weapons..

But again if you need effectiveness well then yea you can review the stats

[Q]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Do some calculations to get a rough comparison. Use this formula:

Damage / Rate of Fire / Tonnage

The higher this value is, the more damage the weapon does. It factors out differences in component size and rates of fire.

I prefer the formula (Damage x Range) : (Rate of fire x Tonnage). Otherwise short range weapons get overrated.

[Arkcon]

The phased polaron beam is almost pure liquid murder against AI opponents. The ability to skip normal shields is great, and the AI won't respond with any sort of good plan.

[Krom]

Thanks for the input. I will consider your advise.

Krom