Walt Well kind of the point IS to make missiles OP so that you need PD to defend against them.
OP 2x power missiles just for testing purposes as i understand? (ingame this would be 2much i guess)
Watched the toruney 0.o (Luke rly beat your "2nd place" button. )
Luke says:
Missiles are not OP and the last tourney match was actually very hard and dangerous to play - missiles alone would not have done it, it was all about maneuvers, attack angel and targeting.
MIssiles at least not more OP then Railguns. Both of theses offenses sometimes seem OP because only certain counters work.
If you combine shields&PD&Armor&thrust missiles are counterable but a singel countermeasure, (like @Saris PD only protected thrusters on his nautilus), not protecting you 100% against missiles seems fine.
So slightly altering them is ok but a complete change would brobably shake it up a lot and lead to imbalances.
What @IVIemories said was also interesting: "Remeber when shields where op because there where no electobolts?"
Again: changing existing weaponry dramatically before new weapons are here would hardly make any sense.
Like not changing ions before the prism upgrade - seems a good idea!
Hope i'm right in at least some things about this - or am i just biased because i won the finals with "missile orbiters" ?
[btw.: off topic recommending rewatching "october18 tourney: Luke VS Orb" - shows how to fly an initial attack loop properly, but also how to get sandwiched, and finally win by maneuvering and targeting = how thrust balances cosmoteer.]
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