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RE: B vs K was Re: Classed Weapons

From: "laserlight@q..." <laserlight@quixnet.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:05:36 -0400
Subject: RE: B vs K was Re: Classed Weapons


Laserlight wrote:

>The cost of a K gun doesn't increase the same way as beams, but
>neither does the expected damage or the range.  A battlecruiser with,
>say, B5 and thrust 8 will kill or drive off any KV ship and never get
>scratched.
>
In Cinematic or vector?

>A) the only ship in either FB, except the SV, with T8 is the ESU Scout

So?  Nobody has Beam-5 either.	Or K-7.

>B) the expected damage increases much faster with a K-gun (up to class 
6, tapers off for +) than with a standard battery.

If you're including a factor for the area covered, I'm afraid I didn't
see
it.

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