To DEVs

[AeternusDoleo]

You do realize the power of battleship pulses against other capitals lies within their enormous range? And that you can mount them on class 9 slots and don't have to sacrifice your heavy ones for it?

Add to that that they had a slight alteration in their stats I believe... Calculating.
Pulse does 0.176 shield damage for power. 4 of these will start to tap a battleship's power core, meaning you're not wasting power while using a single weapons group to strip your target's shield. It fires every 2 seconds, leaving you with significant damage in a single blast. With 4 BS pulse guns, you can strip a gunboat shield in a single shot, a cruiser shield in 2 shots. Gunboat snipe with pulse/razor for poetic justice, anyone?
Basic Primary does 0.143 shield damage for power (half the hull damage it does). It fires short bursts, giving your opponent time to respond to your attacks. You need all 4 to start tapping most battleship's power regeneration.
Mortar (Standard, heavy is worse) does 0.117 shield damage for power (half the hull damage it does). A single mortar taps a light battleship core. A heavy one taps any core, alone.
Cerberus does 0.205 shield damage for power (half the hull damage it does - this is a very efficient gun). You need 3 to start overwhelming power regeneration though, and these are not very good at range due to shot dispersion.

So no, the pulses aren't all that bad, IF you go for range. If your game is short range slugging, find a ship that can mount a ton of Cerbies and use those exclusively. I'd suggest a Legate for that.

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