Posted September 15, 2012
I noticed that with very few rare exceptions upgrading your weapon to higher "MK" version is actually a downgrade.
You can operate multiple lower level weapons with the amount of power just the one upgraded weapon takes. And if system power is cut by even 1 point then a 4 point weapon is shut down, not so with multiple lower point weapons.
Not to mention direct downgrades like the fact the pike beam 2 has double the damage but half the distance so it hits half as many rooms and does the same amount of damage total.
And higher level weapons take longer to charge... shooting first and taking out the enemy weapons is one of the keys to victory!
Not to mention shields stop "hits" not "damage" so multiple weapons are better there too.
So basically, high end weapons suck.
You can operate multiple lower level weapons with the amount of power just the one upgraded weapon takes. And if system power is cut by even 1 point then a 4 point weapon is shut down, not so with multiple lower point weapons.
Not to mention direct downgrades like the fact the pike beam 2 has double the damage but half the distance so it hits half as many rooms and does the same amount of damage total.
And higher level weapons take longer to charge... shooting first and taking out the enemy weapons is one of the keys to victory!
Not to mention shields stop "hits" not "damage" so multiple weapons are better there too.
So basically, high end weapons suck.