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Re: The Beam Deflector Thu, 17 April 2003 22:25 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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UAF commander wrote on Thu, 17 April 2003 19:37

The Beam Deflector gentleman!
A device I always considered useless, but is it really?
As a newbie, I might be terribly wrong... Smile

But I've never seen it mentioned in any guide.
So how does this device work exactly, and how and when should I use it?? (if I should at all)


Quite useful. But especially on Nubians.

Generally you'll see smaller warships prefer Capacitators to deflectors for the firepower gain. But these cap in total effect at 2.5x firepower.

Beam deflectors don't, and Nubians can quite easily carry large numbers of these cheap components to reduce beam damage to a remarkable degree. And someone (Dan Neely?) calculated that rounding errors improve the effect above even that of the formula. Most "generic" AMP Nubian designs I see nowadays carry at least 3 stacks of deflectors. This varies due to a number of variables in any case: RS LRT (number of shield stacks), jamming capability, and personal preferences on armament/capacitor loadout.

- Kurt




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