Mine Rebalance

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I think ammo reduction is a better approach than damage nerfs, or the two could be combined but damage could be reduced to a lesser extent. Making people not just hold down their launch missile/drop mine keys but spend maybe half a nanosecond considering a slightly more conservative and tactical approach to combat would make it a lot more interesting.

Nukes and even CDs have a vital place in Discovery's balance, keeping faster ships from dominating slower ones. But right now the frankly absurd ammo counts (90 CDs being almost twice as much as older ammo limits, and the only reason this limit is so high is presumably the huge damage potential of nukes) achieve the opposite: the best VHFs are those that trade agility for raw stats. The Heavy Fighter rework also ended up being heavily handicapped because they can get manhandled by heavy VHFs just using their huge ammo counts to force the fight into a frontal damage race, which Heavy Fighters - even with their buffed stats - can't win.

Also not gonna lie but removing falloff sounds like a terrible idea. The mine drop button should not be a virtually guaranteed "remove hull from opposing player" button.

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