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I was messing around with different weapon combinations for a missile launcher to replace an old one that wasn't very good before anyway. What I really wanted was a lock-on missile that would pretty much 1-hit a small to medium fighter (which is what this ship is designed to counter at 150 long, 50 wide, 30 high).
While switching between different effects during testing (against Asteroids, Planets and test ships such as Isanths), I found the Punch Through effect far better than any other, even the Explosive effect, because it appears to make the blast radius substantially larger than any other!
Where the Explosive Effect would add a specific amount to the blast radius and just vaporize everything in that radius, Punch Through just keeps expanding it until there's not enough damage to destroy any more. Between 100% Punch-Through and 100% Explosive, I saw at least a 25% increase in blast radius using Punch Through.
Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I just seeing strange things?
Additionally, what are your thoughts on a Missile / Pulse(100%) / PunchThrough(100%) configuration? Reload is a pain but I find the damage is entertainingly awesome.
While switching between different effects during testing (against Asteroids, Planets and test ships such as Isanths), I found the Punch Through effect far better than any other, even the Explosive effect, because it appears to make the blast radius substantially larger than any other!
Where the Explosive Effect would add a specific amount to the blast radius and just vaporize everything in that radius, Punch Through just keeps expanding it until there's not enough damage to destroy any more. Between 100% Punch-Through and 100% Explosive, I saw at least a 25% increase in blast radius using Punch Through.
Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I just seeing strange things?
Additionally, what are your thoughts on a Missile / Pulse(100%) / PunchThrough(100%) configuration? Reload is a pain but I find the damage is entertainingly awesome.