thinking: OA vs CA

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by Taera:
CA is more useful against most other weapons.

Yep, but most of the players like to use PPB...

[Taera]

MB: and then? PPB still doesnt pass phased shields.

[Fyron]

Shield Disruptors. Knock out the generators, and CA becomes only slightly better than standard armor.

[Taera]

shield distruptors are too expensive to be an effective counter.
In that case, just knock down any shields and burn their engines, thats not an answer though as SDs are way too expensive to be used effectively. and not too powerful.

[Krsqk]

You're better off using Tachyon Projection Cannons:[*]They are the same size and cost less.[*]They have better damage at range.[*]They have better damage/turn at range.[*]They do a better job of disabling enemy ships. Shield Disruptors kill shields and leave the weapon killing to you; TPCs kill weapons, and weaponless shielded ships aren't worth their maintenance.

Yes, reload is 4 for TPCs and 3 for SD's; but IMHO, the benefits of TPCs far outweigh that.

[edit] Not to mention that Shield Depleters are at least as effective as Shield Disruptors at taking shields out of the way.

[ December 04, 2002, 01:28: Message edited by: Krsqk ]

[Taera]

TPC is one of my Favorites. DUC/TPC + shields or armor can be very deadly early on, and TPC is the bets supplement for missile ships.

[Fyron]

The point is that they are better against CA than Depleters are, because you don't get those weird extra damage effects going on. Against non CA ships, Disruptors do indeed suck, as they do about the same damage as Depleters (and Shield Regenerators do too little to matter much in general).