Weapon balance proposal

[Jinx]

from just reading it down - i have the feeling that some weapons might be too strong ( allthough you allready said it only appears like it - compared to the kraken 2 ) - - just a feeling.

i think for very big jumps upwards the damage ladder, the energy requirement should be slightly higher on some. maybe weapons should "pronounce" more what they are build for ... that is energy efficiency, damage, speed, range, etc.

so - i d like those weapons that say they are build with a range advantage to really have an advantage... let them have a range of 30 - 50% more compared to others. weapons with energy efficiency sometimes don t need an upgrade to the damage... just more efficiency ( there are no weapons around that you can permafire provided you put the max class into your weaponslots ).
weapons build around damage should really be like that - damaging ... and weapons with fast projectiles ... well, thats a point that is allready quite OK. - 500 speed to 750 / 800 is fine when it comes to a direct comparisson.

weapons you may like to consider, too are the fury 4 and 5 - both are lvl 9 zoner weapons and fairly inefficient ( comparable to the gaian weapons ) - but in that case it might be OK if the fury 4 was just classified as a lvl 8 weapon - fury 5 is fine.

if possible, i d love to see weapons having a great impact on the shields they hit. - so if a weapon is classified as being strong, it should not be the generic 20% damage more to a shield - but a good 50% ... while a weapon being weak should only do 50% of its initial damage ( i d love to have that changed )

other than that, it ll make fighterfights faster ( no idea how it affects fighting capital ships )

edit: damage is not everything ( or should not be ) -- weaponspeed and range should be as important when choosing a weapon as damage and refire. right now, its allmost all about damage and refire, projectile speed is very important, too - but range is allmost ignored for most. - but i am not sure what effect it might have if one weapons had a huge dps but a range of like 600, while another had a below average dps but a range of like 1200.

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