first 1.6, then 1.67, then 1.672, 1.673 and now this - how awesome can the devteam get?xD

On 2012-05-07 10:32, Pantheon wrote:
General concensus between the devs for a while is that weapons do too much damage, a lot of them make no sense mathematicly (disruptors are the most energy effecient weapon in the game, etc).

Beams do too much damage in a short period of time, cannons are too useful, torps aren't worth much, and missiles are just wacky full stop.

On 2012-05-07 13:17, Silent Threat { Vier } wrote:

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On 2012-05-07 10:32, Pantheon wrote: General concensus between the devs for a while is that weapons do too much damage, a lot of them make no sense mathematicly (disruptors are the most energy effecient weapon in the game, etc). Beams do too much damage in a short period of time, cannons are too useful, torps aren't worth much, and missiles are just wacky full stop.

I am only commenting and not complaining but these comments give me a bad feeling. I still have faith that you devs will get it right eventually.

The disrupters I don't understand. If they are so energy effecient then why is the Siphon so bad with energy? As soon as those beams go off, there goes your energy. If their damage is lowered too much then the Siphon will become useless. Even now it is rare. Remember before when beams were so weak that people called them nothing but a light show and a waste of energy? Please don't let that happen again.

You say that they do to much damage in too short a period of time. Perhaps
you can keep their damage the same but say, double time that they take to do it? In other words, longer lasting beams.

Also please remember what would happen before when all weapons were too weak. Battles would often consist of ships just sitting still at point-blank range blasting away at each other with all ships running out of energy before any of them died. That caused some of the slowest combat that DS has ever seen.

On 2012-05-07 13:51, Pantheon wrote:

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On 2012-05-07 13:17, Silent Threat { Vier } wrote: Quote: On 2012-05-07 10:32, Pantheon wrote: General concensus between the devs for a while is that weapons do too much damage, a lot of them make no sense mathematicly (disruptors are the most energy effecient weapon in the game, etc). Beams do too much damage in a short period of time, cannons are too useful, torps aren't worth much, and missiles are just wacky full stop. I am only commenting and not complaining but these comments give me a bad feeling. I still have faith that you devs will get it right eventually. The disrupters I don't understand. If they are so energy effecient then why is the Siphon so bad with energy? As soon as those beams go off, there goes your energy. If their damage is lowered too much then the Siphon will become useless. Even now it is rare. Remember before when beams were so weak that people called them nothing but a light show and a waste of energy? Please don't let that happen again. You say that they do to much damage in too short a period of time. Perhaps you can keep their damage the same but say, double time that they take to do it? In other words, longer lasting beams. Also please remember what would happen before when all weapons were too weak. Battles would often consist of ships just sitting still at point-blank range blasting away at each other with all ships running out of energy before any of them died. That caused some of the slowest combat that DS has ever seen.

I was referring to their energy per damage done - they're the most effecient weapon in that regards, which makes no sense.

Longer lasting beams is exactly what we're talking about, so you're spot on the money (this also gives smaller ships a greater chance to jump out, but not by much).

We don't want stagnant battles where no-one can damage anyone (my hatred for 483 was unrivaled), we just want to stretch out the awesome, rather than confining it to very brief periods. I'm not talking minutes, but I'm also not talking the sub 10 seconds we're seeing currently.

It's a whiles away yet, but we'll be testing and tweaking extensivly.

On 2012-05-07 13:17, Silent Threat { Vier } wrote:
The disrupters I don't understand. If they are so energy effecient then why is the Siphon so bad with energy?

So if you don't use AD, Siphon never runs out of energy.