Folks, I've reviewed and updated Yngen's table of Class 9 guns. I've added some columns which I feel weigh up the different guns quite nicely, not to mention revealing some horrible mis-balances (if there is such a word).
@Yngen I'm not trying to take the wind outa your sails mate.... just thought I'd make it a new post so as not to get buried in the debating on the first thread.
Columns:
1. Name
2. Shield damage /sec
3. Hull damage /sec
4. Power usage /sec
5. Projectile speed
6. Range
7. Fire rate
8. Efficiency (== hull damage/power usage)
Notes:
- I have listed Projectile speed but excluded Range -- since I find speed infinitely more useful when comparing weapons.
- Efficiency -- the higher number the better. In general, we'd expect guns with a higher rate and/or speed to be less efficient than those lower.
- I've not included Tizzy since it's in a class of its own.
- The numbers speak for themselves.... some faction's guns really suck while some absolutely rock.
- Another word about projectile speed: Where a faction has two different gun types, if they are same speed then it is a huge accuracy advantage even if the speeds are low. Eg, Kusari has two 600m/s guns which is great, whereas Liberty has two guns at the opposite ends of the spectrum (750 and 500), which make for really horrible accuracy.
EDIT: Added range column, and sorted by efficiency (ie. worst-to-best).
Here's the table: (sorry for all the `s, only way to make the things line up:P) Gun```````````````Shld/s```Hull/s```Pwr/s```Speed```Range````Rate````Effy
Hornviper Mk II``````677`````1354`````562`````700`````700````5.88````2.41
Death's Hand V```````641`````1282`````500`````750`````600````5.88````2.56
Sammael``````````````875`````1749`````683`````750`````700````8.33````2.56
Natterturn Zwei``````688`````1376`````529`````750`````600````5.88````2.60
Reaver Mk III````````908`````1816`````616`````700`````650````8.33````2.95
Vengeance Mk V```````775`````1549`````509`````750`````600````8.33````3.04
Daito````````````````933`````1866`````600`````750`````600````8.33````3.11
Sunfrenzy 3``````````858`````1716`````533`````600`````600````8.33````3.22
Fury 4```````````````706`````1411`````400`````700`````650````5.88````3.53
Buckshot`````````````916`````1832`````489`````750`````750````4.00````3.65
Skyblast B```````````975`````1949`````525`````750`````600````8.33````3.71
Ultra Sunrail````````952`````1904`````504`````600`````600````4.00````3.78
Wyrm Type 2``````````988`````1976`````500`````700`````700````3.03````3.95
Vampire 4````````````862`````1724`````408`````700`````700````4.00````4.23
Drake D``````````````912`````1824`````428`````550`````550````4.00````4.26
Kraken Type 2```````1144`````2288`````504`````700`````700````4.00````4.54
Magma Hammer IV``````928`````1856`````394`````500`````600````2.00````4.71
Reaper V````````````1052`````2104`````440`````600`````550````4.00````4.78
Firekiss Mk II```````978`````1956`````408`````500`````600````2.00````4.79
Salamanca Mk II``````978`````1956`````391`````600`````600````4.00````5.00
Disinfector 3````````940`````1880`````368`````600`````550````4.00````5.10
