At the moment I always swap Plasma Cannon and go straight to Deathray. I don't like this and think unique modifications for weapons could give combat some more tactical possibilities.
Some ideas:
Laser could be autofire (more shots less damage) or shield piercing (ignores shield but does less damage)
Plasma Cannon could be heavy mount (more damage but only combat turn 1-3) or enveloping (4x damage)
Of cause all the weapons are available with or without modification.
I think introducing modifications for shields could be interesting as well:
hard shields: shield piercing weapons (and maybe fighters) can't pass the shields
robo interface: shield strength is increased by number of ships
shield booster: increases shield strength by a fixed amount
Of cause each modification must be researched to use it. Let me now what you think about it.
Introduce modifications for Weapons / Shields
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Introduce modifications for Weapons / Shields
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Re: Introduce modifications for Weapons / Shields
If I ever get to return to my tactical non-interactive combat system, it's supposed to address that and keep all weapon systems useful to the end of the game.
Main factor for that purpose is range : only Laser and Death Rays will have long range (9, the Antimatter Cannon having infinite range), plasma will be able to shoot at long-ish range but be devastating only at short range (3, maybe).
Main factor for that purpose is range : only Laser and Death Rays will have long range (9, the Antimatter Cannon having infinite range), plasma will be able to shoot at long-ish range but be devastating only at short range (3, maybe).