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0000874AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Balance TweaksNov 24, 2010 9:23 am
ReporterKDR_11k Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Summary0000874: Lightning turret underpowered?
DescriptionThe lightning turret seems to be unaffected by the 5-to-1 merge of turrets and doesn't get a damage boost for lower ship caps either, 800 damage is a joke when fighters and bombers have over 100k HP at MkI and frigates are completely immune.
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Lancefighter

Oct 25, 2010 1:43 am

reporter   ~0002078

well, they arent meant to be powerful against the triangle ships, but with the advent of armor, im not sure what they are powerful against - even most neinzul ships seem to have enough armor to render them useless...

Ymihere

Nov 23, 2010 11:19 pm

reporter   ~0004361

Lightning turrets are very good against deflectors and similar ships.

unclean

Nov 24, 2010 5:53 am

reporter   ~0004374

Last edited: Nov 24, 2010 5:55 am

They're actually really effective against low hp raider style ships, and if their base damage was increased it would be overkill.

I think they could use maybe a 2x bonus to light or swarmer personally, and lose their artillery bonus since it's pretty useless.

edit: also lancefighter these things have pretty brutal armor piercing.

keith.lamothe

Nov 24, 2010 9:23 am

administrator   ~0004379

Yea, this report's been here for a while, we just had forgotten to mark it resolved when we gave all "major-electric" weapons nearly infinite armor piercing.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 25, 2010 1:36 am KDR_11k New Issue
Oct 25, 2010 1:43 am Lancefighter Note Added: 0002078
Nov 23, 2010 11:19 pm Ymihere Note Added: 0004361
Nov 24, 2010 5:53 am unclean Note Added: 0004374
Nov 24, 2010 5:55 am unclean Note Edited: 0004374
Nov 24, 2010 9:23 am keith.lamothe Note Added: 0004379
Nov 24, 2010 9:23 am keith.lamothe Status new => resolved
Nov 24, 2010 9:23 am keith.lamothe Resolution open => fixed
Nov 24, 2010 9:23 am keith.lamothe Assigned To => keith.lamothe