Re: [GZG] Monster ships

I have always had a fondness for grasers.  They are massive and
expensive, but if you allow them to reroll 6's, they can be worth it.
The 18 range brackets are also nice.  IIRC, grasers are about four
times the mass of a beam battery, but (with rerolls) only do 3.5 times
as much damage.  The longer range brackets are offset (not necessarily
balanced) by grasers being mass*4, instead of mass*3 cost weapons.

It is not bigger k-guns that are needed, but longer range k-guns.  If
the long range p-torp (double the cost for 50% greater range) is
balanced, than long range k-guns are equally balanced

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Tom B <kaladorn@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you are building 'rather large' ships, why would they not have
> correspondingly larger primary armaments?
>
> Class 5+ Beams, bigger K-guns, etc.
>
> Particularly the larger class beams make for quite a difference. Once
> you outrange the opposition, you can do some serious damage even
> before they get in their outer range band.
>
> Tom
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