New Patch?

[oleg]

Originally posted by Q:
Balance is certainly something where opinions differ greatly.
Therefore it should be possible to modify the factors that influence the balance as much as possible.
And that's my critic about the change MM made for the engine damaging weapons: you can't modify what they did, it alters the game balance irreversibly!!

Why ? Add second ability to Ionic Dispersor:
"Skip phased shields" and bingo, you have old good ID !!

Actually, I have an idea : why not to add shield skipping ID to higher level of engine damaging weapons ? As it is now, there is no much reason to research beyond level IV, ionic missile sucks.
Now we will have a whole new area to exploit !