I apologize if these questions have appeared before, but I havent seen them.
1. How do you calculate "DPS" of a weapon?
2. If I have say a 50 module cannon and want to increase its power, I have no idea how to figure out beforehand if it is better to add 50 more cannon units, or an overdrive effect with 50 overdrive modules.
3. "Piercing" seems similiar to "punch-thru", except punch thru completely destroys the blocks it hits first, while piercing spreads its damage through the blocks and may not actually destroy them. Right? Is there a formula for calculating how much piercing damage you get per block, and over how many blocks? And what is the intent of this sort of weapon?
4. I have looked for descriptions of how weapons combine, and it seems its all outdated. What is the most current place to get a description of what happens when you combine weapons with various supports?
5. Is the purpose of power tanks to store extra power for something like damage pulse? Is there any other use?
6. If I want more shielding, how can I calculate if it is better to add more shields, or add a passive ion effect?
Thanks in advance for any answers. I have had this game a few weeks now, and its by far the best $3 I ever spent on a game! Frankly beats any $50 game I can think of.
1. How do you calculate "DPS" of a weapon?
2. If I have say a 50 module cannon and want to increase its power, I have no idea how to figure out beforehand if it is better to add 50 more cannon units, or an overdrive effect with 50 overdrive modules.
3. "Piercing" seems similiar to "punch-thru", except punch thru completely destroys the blocks it hits first, while piercing spreads its damage through the blocks and may not actually destroy them. Right? Is there a formula for calculating how much piercing damage you get per block, and over how many blocks? And what is the intent of this sort of weapon?
4. I have looked for descriptions of how weapons combine, and it seems its all outdated. What is the most current place to get a description of what happens when you combine weapons with various supports?
5. Is the purpose of power tanks to store extra power for something like damage pulse? Is there any other use?
6. If I want more shielding, how can I calculate if it is better to add more shields, or add a passive ion effect?
Thanks in advance for any answers. I have had this game a few weeks now, and its by far the best $3 I ever spent on a game! Frankly beats any $50 game I can think of.
