Mass Drivers

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Phyrrus
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Mass Drivers

Postby Phyrrus » Wed May 23, 2007 6:03 pm

if mass drivers are uneffected by range, whats the difference between pd and heavy mount versions of them? other than the damage difference
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Postby Cabman » Thu May 24, 2007 2:51 am

1.Range of course .
2. Pd weapon adds +25 to ba (beam attack) but has doubled range to hit penalty while hvy weapon has it halved.
3. Hvy massdrivers can get through c3 shield - pd md - can't.
4. You can shoot at missiles with pd md, no chance with hvy md.
As you see both are needed. :)

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Postby Phyrrus » Thu May 24, 2007 10:04 am

oh i see, heavy mounts have much greater accuracy at long range

is it worth the double size and cost? Due to the speed and manuverbility of most maps i find it hard to maintain range against an enemy

I have an idea of a type of FF called gunboats, their only weaponery is a back-ext heavy mass driver, and they have battle pods, augmented engines, and ecm jammers

would this work?
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Postby Cabman » Thu May 24, 2007 10:18 am

You need all kind of beams on your ships. How many of what kind - depends on enemy ship design.
You need to have well miniaturized md to equip a ff with hvy md. ECM jammer is a crapp.

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Postby Yxklyx » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:48 am

You can use Heavy Weapons against planets as well. Can you use the non-Heavy ones? I don't think so.


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