Player Features and Ideas Discussion

But since Ishtars are just getting a damage nerf too that won't really change the dynamic. It will still be Ishtars and Tengus pounding away at each other. The lower dps might allow other doctrines more viability, but I think someone just needs to come up with a Rooks&Kings style counter. Something wacky and ingenious like the pipebomb fleet.

Wayt o go on irrelevant things. Yes of course arti will have more alpha than rails. But is is nto strange that rails have more dps on a stabber.. a ship that has PROJECTILE BONUSES????? Why not make AC do more damage on a mega then neutrons then?

Alpha is NOT equally important on all scales.

It is far more important on the battleship scale because you can reliably get to the point where you can destroy any subacpital in game and battleships do not move while doing that. Smaller weapons do not scale so fast on their alpha and they tend to need to move otherwise even non arti guns will start blapping them . When you are moving.. arties become bad very fast.


There is a reason why there are no MEDIUM arties doctrines, but there are large arties ones. Because alpha is only serioyusly relevant on the large ships. The smaller you go, the more DPS and range becomes the only important factors.