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Railguns. Using Shining Blue projectiles as beautiful as stars, They can cut one Helluva hole inside of an Enemy Ship. Now, the question that's on everyone's mind is... ARE they really OP? One must stop to consider. Some people think so, others don't. As for what I think... It's Complicated. So let's dive into it, shall we?


ONE RAIL SHIP
一人のレールマン

The argument that Railguns are OP is one I can get behind. On one part, I definitely agree. Why? One Magnetically Accelerated Projectile can easily cripple this ship to an unimaginable level. What ship you ask? Why, The GUARDIAN CLASS DREADNOUGHT.
image https://i.imgur.com/Ajp28mr.png
This beautiful Third Generation Support Dreadnought gets SLICED within one shot if it's shields are down... Assuming you have a long enough Railgun.

Now, This'd make you presume that the Railgun is Downright broken. And guess what? You are Right... In a 1V1 Situation. The Railgun, if long enough and with some Electro-Bolts to help, will easily Cripple a ship twice the size of the ship It's mounted on. But, you're forgetting one small thing about Railguns; one that Changes the ENTIRE META.


ATTACK ON RAILGUN
超電磁砲攻撃

The Thing about Railguns is the fact that they are VOLATILE. One Segment Destroyed will conveniently create a large crater in your ship. So, You become Just as Vulnerable as your enemy by using a large Railgun. But, In a 1v1 Situation, all you need to fear is the enemy having good Shields from all angles. But not every situation is an Even fight...

Who would have thought the Great Equalizer in the Clash of the titans would be... A Fighter? Or, To be accurate, a Squadron of them. The Railgun can only point in one direction at any given time, After all. All it'll take for the Fighters to decimate your Railgun wall is just for them to deal enough damage to one Railgun. Then it's over. Then, to adapt to this, People Will Make Anti-Fighter Ships, then the others will make Railgun ships, and then the others will create Fighters.

The music goes Round and Round.

Isn't it awesome seeing the weapon everybody thought broke the meta Re-Make it... And also make fighters Viable? There are no mistakes. There is no try. The Railgun Isn't a Hammer that breaks... It is a Flame that Molds, Re-Creating the meta as we know it.


Of course, that doesn't mean you can't have your own opinion on the Matter. What are your opinions on the matter? Will the Railguns get Nerfed into Oblivion? Will Fighters get there own Special Weapons? Will Sombrero finally break out of his depressing State? Find out on the next Post on

COSMOTEER PRE-STEAM!

ImNotLaffng Huh. When I typed it in the other way it said ship... 😓

    ImNotLaffng 一人のレールマン

    prolly should change that into 一舟のレールマン

      Dumb ワン・レール・シップ?

      CATMASTER well idk japanese,but since its ships,i just change the word for "man" to "ship"

      Dumb i dont know japanese too i used the translate :S

        Dumb his is one rail man your is Raulman of one boat mine is One rail ship

          I think Railguns are not op.
          The best way to confirm that is to build ships within a relatively small budget. As example 500k. Building a Railgun-ship means, you have to build your entire ship aroud this single weapon. and if your Railgun is destroyed, your ship will be toast for sure.
          And you easy can find a counter to railguns. A fast canon-wall with some e-bolts will absolutely do. Or a group of smaller ships.
          I personally like those railguns and i think they fit into the arsenal very well without beeing Op..

          when it was rc i felt like its the wrost weapon in the game but after the rc i dont know why the railgun is ALOT more stronger there might had a change there but i dont really know now the railgun is one of the best weapon for big ships for sure

          I believe they are overpowered.. when mixed with drones++ and the rail corner mod (forgot its actual Name)
          I present
          Shadow: Mercy (But you won't get any mercy..)
          Target: around 525 long block (Couldn't tell.. it lagged meh computer..)

          (This ship itself IS a railgun. Not complete)
          image https://i.imgur.com/WlQKmhh.png

          image https://i.imgur.com/anEhg69.png
          (I added armor bands later on)

          In the end, It went through 70 blocks, (17 armor)

          image https://i.imgur.com/ru4UbDV.png

          Vs Ship.
          (Two Crescent Wraths)

          image https://i.imgur.com/iP215CQ.png

          (if you can't see, It split both ships in half)

          FangTheCat Oh. Well don't forget to factor in a Craft capable of Dodging them and Destroying them Accordingly. Partially, Railguns are Overpowered, but they also have their own weaknesses, such as Cost and Vulnerability. Good Point though... That's one heckuva Railgun...

          Sombreroman
          Its like 2000% (I dunno what that means.. but it is.) And yes, they are expensive.. Buuuut people making ships for factions don't care as much.. (Oh and the railgun corner mod stops chain reactions, on mine atleast)

          FangTheCat True, but if the Tip is destroyed the Railgun cannot fire.

          Sombreroman
          yea....
          They are overpowered IF (and only if) Correctly armored, big enough... bla bla blah ...
          But yea they expensive.. .-.

          7 days later

          what happens if you combine a fighter and a rail gun? hmm.......

          Sombreroman
          how about making a pirate galleon... hmmm.... THINKING INTENSIFIES

            I don't think rail guns are op because I have a ship that does not use rail guns that can easily cripple yours.

            image https://i.imgur.com/YGfiuVS.png

            culanns_hound
            And?
            I have a ship which easily cripples yours..

            image https://i.imgur.com/uFXVXkS.png

            The point is that a ship designed to counter other types of ships nullify any obvious "OP-ness"
            (This specific thing is: Shields > Rail.......... Armor < Rail

            Heres an example with my 4m cost "Notha"
            Look how much armor it tears through.
            This isn't even counting what it would do upon hitting reactors, factories, even corridor.

            image https://i.imgur.com/gtPaERC.png