Depleted Uranium Cannons to powerful!

Jubala · #1 October 29th, 2000, 03:04 AM

Yes, APB's are better then Duc's, but only after a huge research investment. Meson BLasters can hardly be argued to be better then DUC's as they have lower firepower and only outrange the DUC's by one.

Saben · #2 October 29th, 2000, 03:25 AM

DU cannons do 40 damage at the top end, for 30 kt space. That is 1.333 damage per kiloton.

Meson bLasters do 30 damage at the top end, for 20 kt space. That is 1.5 damage per kiloton.

Conclusion: DUC weapons are less_ efficent than meson bLasters, with less range and less damage per kiloton.

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Klauss · #3 October 29th, 2000, 10:41 AM

IMO Antimattertorps are weaker than those in SE3. In my personal Version of SE4 they will be a little bit stronger.

klaus

Comar · #4 October 29th, 2000, 03:28 PM

Right now , in a multi player game, we have an AI race using anti-matter torpodoes against two human houses and completely trashing us. If these aren't powerful enough, I don't want to see the strong ones.

Jubala · #5 October 29th, 2000, 03:31 PM

Saben, Yes it's true that the MB is more efficient per kT basis than the DUC but keep in mind that the research investment for DUC V is very small compared to the research investment for MB VI. Instead of going for MB VI you could go for DUC V and use all that research not used to get MB VI to get High Energy Discharge Weapons or some other nasty wepon. So I still maintian my opinion that the DUC is too powerful considering it's low research cost.

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Saben · #6 October 29th, 2000, 08:18 PM

Give me 24 hours to do a comprehensive analysis, and I will reply here with the results, either way. I will look at high energy, meson, anti-proton, and DUC weapons.

Tomgs · #7 October 29th, 2000, 10:04 PM

How about the Phased-energy weapons? You can get them fairly easily while opponents are still using regular shields. They have a range of 6 at Phased Poleron Beam I and get stronger as you get closer for those of you that like close fighting. Ignoring regular shields makes these usefull against the AI that likes to get a lot of shield power. They do take some research but I like to get a lot of points in research so it goes fast for me. It only goes up to level 5 so its definately not a end game weapon.