| Re: Why is the nubian so good? |
Sun, 04 March 2007 09:48   |
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 mazda |
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| Carn wrote on Sun, 04 March 2007 12:20 |
Does a WM use 4 slots of weapons, because they cost him 25% less?
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It is cost relative to the cheap electrical items, not absolute cost that is important.
3 slots is the "limit" because adding a 4th slot of weapons increases your firepower by 33% (i.e. adds a third).
Adding a slot of capacitors also increases firepower by 33%, and is generally much more "affordable" than any weapon you will be using.
Deflectors do a similar thing depending on how you view their effect. They reduce enemy firepower by 27%, which means he needs about 37% more ships to inflict the same amount of damage.
(137 x 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 = 100)
Of course mineral balancing affects such things.
Especially for a ship you will build a lot of.
If you are short of Germ you may want to build some Bora heavy nubs for a while until it balances out a little.
There are always exceptions but in the general scheme of things go for 3 beam weapons and 3 slots of caps. Then take everything else into consideration when deciding how to use the remaining slots.
Quite often you will actually remove one of the weapon slots and go for extra deflectors because the ship will be cheaper in res and Bora and with the extra ships you build you end up with a more resilient stack.
I guess that is where a WM may be more inclined to use 3 slots instead of 2.
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