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by BlueTemplar » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:23 am
Hi! Was that greeting directed to me, or BlueInstinct or someone else?
It's a bit late but anyway...
Stormers with Neutronium (and VRF) are probably the best idea indeed (79.2% chance, 222k research points total).
Otherwise other options I can think of are :
- Dumbfire Missiles with AM Warheads (and VRF) (56% chance, 123k rp from Fusion; 40%, 150k rp without Fusion) :
While they pack a lower punch, and recharge a lot slower, they're also much less deflected by armor, and especially have almost double the range of stormers, which can be quite important for hivers who have trouble positioning themselves, especially if the nimble Liir decide to stay at max range. I'm not sure how precision compares : at longer range, your non-beam weapons are automatically less precise. A higher range weapon also allows you to more easily focus fire a single enemy to quickly drop its shield and destroy the shield section.
(I wonder if they benefit from the Micro-Fusion drives upgrade?)
An additional bonus is that you get you planetary and platforms missiles upgraded as well, forcing the enemy to dedicate more slots to PD if you're often fighting around your planets.
- A riky, but interesting idea might be Fusion Cannons + Fusion Projector (23.8%, 180-200k rp, requires Fusion)
Lower damage as well, but higher range too, and not deflected by armor at all, but susceptible to absorbers. The projector section is also much more sturdy than the armor one, though the turret is susceptible to be picked off by precise weapons that Liir like, you lose the 2 small mounts for potential PD, is slower, and costs much more as well. The fusion cannons on command and engine might be better at destroying the shield section while shields are down thanks to their higher precision and range.
Though, since you already have large AP drivers, and researching Neutronium, that discussion is kind of moot : put the stormers in the mediums to drop the shields, and the large AP drivers in the large turret to focus the shield section as soon as shields are down.
The other large turret weapons are probably not worth the research cost, since your Fusion Armor CR have only one large turret, and your Fusion War CR only have 2.