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Old December 16th, 2003, 04:53 AM
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Ah because in the demo the AP cannon is not hard to get at all so I generally go for that as apposed to Meson BLasters or DUC cannons.

I take it in the full Version AP cannons come AFTER phased weapons?
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Old December 16th, 2003, 05:00 AM
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No. There are 12 levels of APB in the full game, 5 levels of DUC and 5 levels of PPB. 6 Levels of MBs.
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Old December 16th, 2003, 05:14 AM
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Okay.....but still is a Meson bLaster actually any good because the only times I used it I ended up watching my ships die rather quick and sad ends?

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It is not quite as strong pound for pound as the APB, but it has other advantages. It is cheaper. It is smaller, so there can be more of them, and you might be able to get less wasted damage with the Last shot that destroys each ship because of that. Also, in some situations the fact that there are more shots done might lead to more damage done overall due to differences in number of hits with MBs as opposed to APBs, with the right combination of offense and defense bonuses on each side. And then there is the missing more at max range with ABB (max range 8) than with MB (max range 6), which is not much of an issue if your ships use Optimal Range and not an issue if they use Point Blank.
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meson bLaster is a killer if used right because of the low cost and decent damage-to-kt-to-cost-to-reload-to-range-to-research ratio. easy to get, difficult to employ. fails miserably in mid-game, but late game its good.

DUC is an early game weapon, nothing beyond that.

APB is the all-round weapon, has good range, cost, damage, everything you want

PPB is early/mid game weapon, but youll find that higher levels of APB are better

Ripper beam is the best weapon in the game, if you get to shoot it. it has all the best ratios except for perhaps being difficult to research.

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Thanks for all the advice guys I beleive with your info I will be able to keep my handy dandy tactical edge in battle ;-).

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