Error in PSP stats?

[dalin80]

I have been looking at the weapon stats in game and the terran point singularity projector is by far the weakest of the cap ship weapons.

by having such a puny firing rate of 6 per min (compared to the 43 of the PPC) the PSP does less then half the damge per min compared to the other cap ship weapons.

Is this a error in the weapon attributes or a deliberate gameplay decision?

thanks.

[Hob Anagerik]

Perhaps it is offset by the very low energy usage. To be honest if they fired even as much as twice as fast they would be overpowered. With a full set on the front of an Osaka they can take out Js an Ks in a few seconds although the damage done by them is sometimes random. Sometimes a volley will completely wipe out a Ks shields and other times it takes two but they almost always go down before the enemy have even got a chance to fire.

[Sandalpocalypse]

Right. The Point Singularity Projector's frontloaded damage is ridiculous. It does 250,000 shield/95,000 hull damage a shot.

[Hob Anagerik]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before but are any of the devs. big Andromeda fans? That was a weapon that the Magog world ship used.

[uxnhoj123]

I checked it out and you're right, the encyclopedia cites a really low value for the shield and hull damage. However, I'm pretty sure that's only for the uncharged shot. With PSP's, if you get in the turret yourself and hold down the fire button, it charges up the blast to do waaay more damage (at least 4-5 times more) so that with your first volley, you can take down the shields of a Xenon K.

Having said that, the computer never charges them when its in control of turrets so you'll usually find it hitting for much less damage, although it's still a lot.

[Kor'ah]

The low energy useage of these guns allows the Osaka to easly fire 16x of these things at a single target and still have enough power to use SSCs everywhere else. Even with the lower damage of non-charged shots that's alot of pain.

The Tyr fireing 12 charged up guns at once has a chance of killing other capitals in a single volly.