Analysis: Xeno Guns

[Reeves]

Perhaps a Plasma 8.33, then? While that does seem a bit overpowered, Xenos are shot at by nearly everything, both Libertonian and foreign, and are the only faction without access to gunboats. Even if Xenos were to gain access to say, Condors-only, they would likely be very quickly hunted down by cruisers and up, or heavy anti-gunboat gunboats.

Shooting transports is still far more efficiently done with bombers, Bullmastiffs, or even in some cases, fighters. Gunboats thrust slower than even Battle Transports, so if/when Xenos are granted Condor access, they'd likely be better used against other gunboats or smaller craft.

Taking all of that into account, a Plasma 8.33 doesn't seem all too bad, especially since four of them would eat up an astounding 3,064 energy per second. Even HEIMDALLs (3,000 damage per second) and RAGNAROKS (650m/s @ 2,750 damage per second) don't eat up that much energy (Although I admit that being Codenames, you can't slap them on everything).

Not to mention, a Molecular shield is all it takes to ruin a Plasma/Particle user's day.

I still feel partial to the particle variant of energy damage given the theme of the xenos in their usage of weaponry, but we'll just have to wait and see what the devs decide to do with this.