General Miles Avatar Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Worst ------> missile weapons Why---------> missile weapons are about the easiest to counter And not only that. They are the ONLY weapon system where a defending Ship can get to the max 99 percent mitigation without using up all your ship tonnage in defensive systems. Thier advantage in being able to Deploy fr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Miles Avatar Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 From higher DL locations is almost completely negated by the fact That nearly every ship in the universe can achieve 8 ap and carry A small number of CiDS gunboats and also carry lots of shipboard CIDS and also carry shields to deflect what gets through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Miles Avatar Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Against fixed defenses they fare much better. They gain parity with all the other weapon types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 It all depends. These days there we pretty much have weapon parity. as just about every line will end at the same level. Then is just a matter of what your enemy is defending against and what resources you have in abundance. Good Luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughestrog Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 So it's not what's the best attack system, but having the best overall defence system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Miles Avatar Posted May 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 No I think he meant that your weapon choices will be greatly influenced by what your enemy has defenses for. For example if you know your enemy has Type D Black Sphere Generators it would not be a good idea to arm your ships with ONLY Plasma Torpedos. You will get your but handed to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfouasnon Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 The best weapon is the one that your enemy does not shield against . So have all weapons ...with the exception of all missiles . I consider them all garbage , and I don't research them at all . Frankly , I am also not so convinced about the high end fighters or high end drones , but then I have not really seen them used that much in this version of SuperNova . In the previous version of SN , drones were the king of the space battle , almost , with fighters coming a close second .....I build the Locusts , the Balrogs , the Overlords , and the Terminators , but not so enthusiastically . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Miles Avatar Posted May 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 I thought about it some more and missiles do have their day in the SuperNova. They are best used against FIXED defenses only. Against a moving target they really do suck and suck bad but against a PDC or Orbital platform missiles shine as the defender HAS to 'shoot them down' since they will not get any maneuver bonus at all. The attacker can fire at whatever max range their missiles have and use that range to blunt the damage from everything except missiles which will suck bad against the attacker anyways. Fighters and Drones can be very effective even against massed point defenses BUT there has to be a very large investment in other techs to back up your fighters/drones and hence I believe the reason they aren't used as much as they used to be in other incarnations of SuperNova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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