Re: [FT] Needle Beam questions

> The Needle Beam is a _little_ bit over-costed as it stands. But this
is how
> it should be to keep it a niche weapon. This is one of the reasons
that I
> am, somewhat, dubious of the Needle variations that have been posted
to the
> list. If you make this weapon too effective, it will become
manditory on
> ships to be effective (like the "A" beams and screens in FT 2nd
Edition).
>
> The only fleet that I have faced (since FB) with a large number of
Needle
> Beams was at attack by Laserlight's IF strikeboats. In most
situations, they
> are not cost effective.

And if you'd turned and shot at them, those wouldn't have been cost
effective either.  They work best by coming up in a blind arc, or by