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[P*Funk]

I don't think Counter Measures would work against Train Cruise distruptors, because of the high explosion range of the Train Cruise Distruptor.

What does the explosive range have to do with it? The counter measure isn't attacking the warhead, but the guidance system. And it doesn't make sense to me that a more powerful warhead should be as fast as others, and the guidance system be as effective, if not more effective, than the others.

Game balance design has always been to nerf one advantage if maximizing another. The counter measure is supposed to do what they do in real life (for once in this game). It is meant to distract the guidance of the missile or torpedo and send it off on the wrong target. The problems of the CMs now is that A) the CD is far more effective, hence the new more effecitve, in theory anyway, CMs; B) that the CD is so fast that no matter the effectiveness of CMs that you can't throw them out fast enough to be effective in terms of percentage (you know 80% or 90% effective) and that those that do get out aren't far enough from the ship.

Realistically the larger wrahead should be easier to evade by the simple grace that it is more effective. Bigger boom means slower propulsion. That is blatantly true in the divide between torpedoes and missiles. CDs are a mini universe of missile and torpedo balance and the relative effectiveness of each should reflect this logical balance.

Besides, why should the train disruptor be impervious to CMs when the train isn't gonna have them? Isn't this just abuse of the weapon since the only people who are gonna have a chance to use CMs against the Train CD will NOT be trains? Hello people!

Last night, I hired a Freelancer to escort my IND trader 1 1/2 systems (sigma 13, sigma 19) whose name was muddy water. Reason is that I had nearly finished my route. Now, he had been looking for work, and at least three traders had said "no thanks". I found it fun to give him money to escort me, even it it was small. I felt sorry for the guy, to be honest.

Just a shout out for "MuddyWaters" because he's the Freelancer that was trying hard to get a job.

Hey! I hired that guy too! RepEx-Shipping|552 was ready to leave New Berlin on the Tokyo diamond run when a corsair comes into town. RepEx security is far away so I hire him to help assail this dastardly demon of doom. Then I get him to escort me with other RepEx security through the Sigmas on my way back to New Berlin. I gave him a bonus. He got paid 2 mil for defending New Berlin and another 1 mil for the escort home. Heh, he deserved it too since he only asked for 10% of my profits one way (6 mil or so). I said screw it and gave him the full million. Good guy. Definitely hire him.

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Out of hibernation. Gauging the winds.