optics.... I cant research 5 and i dont know if i want 100% weapon mass. optics 2 is enough to totally trash circling rancors/venoms though. Optics one even will be a pain for them.
laser wepons are the lowest in mass anyway. laser 5 with optics 5 will still be lower in mass then a plasma charger 5 with no upgrade. But optics 3 is enough.
I did iridium arrays first, my base defense uses 4 Kinetic Driver turrets at the corners to prevent destroyers from sniping with MDs and I figure speeding up the projectiles will make them more useful in all types of attacks
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ye magnets will be second, but i want at least lvl 3 or 4 of them so thats for later.
Dont think ill be using much AM on my base. Not too sure about spread either. Clearly these upgrades are to balance us away from using only explosive and i think they will be more than effective.
Well its obvious this aspect of the update is a major plus. The variety of options available will be really fun to figure out. The only thing you can be sure of is that CM's are going to be a lot harder to figure out and plan for and they will likely be much weaker in shielding and armor but more powerful in damage.
All you can get on a lvl10 CM with Laser5 is Focus1 if you want to have Zyn2 and Deflector5. so any base with optics 5 is going to have a much weaker laser or little to no armor or shielding...easy picking for any tier 3 ship with spec5 shields. unless there is a new base weapon that is lighter.
I'm surprised by the sheer lack of Magnets. Given that so many bases are dependent on Lasers and PC/Torps due to how good they are, no one is prepared for a functional base with projectiles in it. Having Magnets will be key in knocking down snipers and circling vulture Venoms.
@Majestic: Why on earth with you have Deflectors on your base? Who do you know that allows nearly every CM in a base to gun them down while suicidally uses projectiles to kill a laser? I dunno about you but I keep my Lasers where they can't be hit without incurring the wrath of more than 50% of my towers (minimum). And since I'll be adding Magnet boosted MDs... well I'm pretty sure it ain't the lasers you want to be prepping, lol.
Why on earth with you have Deflectors on your base? Who do you know that allows nearly every CM in a base to gun them down while suicidally uses projectiles to kill a laser? I dunno about you but I keep my Lasers where they can't be hit without incurring the wrath of more than 50% of my towers (minimum). And since I'll be adding Magnet boosted MDs... well I'm pretty sure it ain't the lasers you want to be prepping, lol.
I have a deflector or 2 in my base, on the off chance someone tries to prep with Destroyers. Do you just use all shockwave?
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I use Deflectors on my Torps to prevent someone from using destroyers to prep them. I use Spectral on my Beams to give Blitzers a harder time. Lastly I use Shockwave on my Plasmas because why the heck not? Lol.
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And I researched Focused Apparatus first just for the heck of it, I've researched everything I can with a lvl 8 Tech Lab because I have the res to be able to and the need for them later on. I'm really thinking of putting MDs on my base with high level Iridium Arrays but i'm not to sure of how good they'll be.
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i did spread :P
I did optics
Optic5 is boss
optics.... I cant research 5 and i dont know if i want 100% weapon mass. optics 2 is enough to totally trash circling rancors/venoms though. Optics one even will be a pain for them.
laser wepons are the lowest in mass anyway. laser 5 with optics 5 will still be lower in mass then a plasma charger 5 with no upgrade. But optics 3 is enough.
Optics for me also. AM would be the last thing I research
Noone did magnets? MD V with Phase V and Mag V on bridge is a ripper.
lol i did ion, did noone else do ion
ye magnets will be second, but i want at least lvl 3 or 4 of them so thats for later.
Dont think ill be using much AM on my base. Not too sure about spread either. Clearly these upgrades are to balance us away from using only explosive and i think they will be more than effective.
All you can get on a lvl10 CM with Laser5 is Focus1 if you want to have Zyn2 and Deflector5. so any base with optics 5 is going to have a much weaker laser or little to no armor or shielding...easy picking for any tier 3 ship with spec5 shields. unless there is a new base weapon that is lighter.
I'm surprised by the sheer lack of Magnets. Given that so many bases are dependent on Lasers and PC/Torps due to how good they are, no one is prepared for a functional base with projectiles in it. Having Magnets will be key in knocking down snipers and circling vulture Venoms.
@Majestic: Why on earth with you have Deflectors on your base? Who do you know that allows nearly every CM in a base to gun them down while suicidally uses projectiles to kill a laser? I dunno about you but I keep my Lasers where they can't be hit without incurring the wrath of more than 50% of my towers (minimum). And since I'll be adding Magnet boosted MDs... well I'm pretty sure it ain't the lasers you want to be prepping, lol.
I did optics and now doing AM.
Curtis Smale said:
I have a deflector or 2 in my base, on the off chance someone tries to prep with Destroyers. Do you just use all shockwave?
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The fact that you don't see a possible situation where deflectors might be used on lasers CM's doesn't surprise me.
I use Deflectors on my Torps to prevent someone from using destroyers to prep them. I use Spectral on my Beams to give Blitzers a harder time. Lastly I use Shockwave on my Plasmas because why the heck not? Lol.
And I researched Focused Apparatus first just for the heck of it, I've researched everything I can with a lvl 8 Tech Lab because I have the res to be able to and the need for them later on. I'm really thinking of putting MDs on my base with high level Iridium Arrays but i'm not to sure of how good they'll be.
Phase and magnet