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~~tothebonezone~~ · (This post was last modified: 04-13-2014, 02:32 AM by tothebonezone.)

Codenames

2.0 are getting hit, and while that may be awful to some of you, the other underused codenames are going to be getting some special love.

ARCHANGEL

Hull Damage: 1750 1625
Shield Damage: 875 812.5
Refire: 2.00
Power Usage: 345 415
Speed: 600m/s

Reasoning behind changes

The recent changes to Codenames were nice, making them powerful weapons, but they literally just became superpowered assblasting cannons. ESPECIALLY the ARCHANGEL. While to some extent, that's okay, they're so prevalent they became the dominating choice for ship loadouts. This will be the case for many of the 2.0 codenames.

BLOODSTONE

Hull Damage: 1400 1200
Shield Damage: 700 600
Refire: 2.0
Power Usage: 247 260
Speed: 600 650

Reasoning behind changes

Similar reasoning behind most of the 2.0 changes. It was too good at simply blowing people up. However, instead of being reverted back to its state in previous versions, it's getting a speed boost to be equivalent with debilitators, giving it some purpose outside of a cheaper 2.0 Codename.

BLUE BLAZE

Hull Damage: 1537 675
Shield Damage: 768.50 337.5
Refire: 2.0 4.0
Power Usage: 253 166
Speed: 600 650
Range: 825

Reasoning behind changes

There's a ton of 2.0 Codenames out there already. This change not only gives a little bit of variety, but it helps shift away the focus on the pure brute force of 2.0s, for the versatility of 4.0s. Plus all of that blue being shot around looks attractive, don't you think?

CERBERUS

Hull Damage: 1037 2350
Shield Damage: 518.50 1175
Refire: 3.03 1.25
Power Usage: 198 695
Speed: 600 500
dispersion_angle 0.85

Reasoning behind changes

This gives fighters a snubcraft equivalent of the Cerberus for capital ships. While on capitals, it's said they're inspired by it the codename weapon, the stats were completely lopsided for that to be true. So, to add to a bit of variety, and give the weapon an interesting use, it's being changed away from a 3.03.

CLAYMORE

Hull Damage: 1551 1500
Shield Damage: 775.50 750
Refire: 2.0
Power Usage: 277 335
Speed: 650

Reasoning behind changes

The Claymore had the same issue as all other 2.0 Codenames. It didn't receive a huge hit however, and most of the change was to its efficiency.

DARK BLOSSOM

Hull Damage: 1637 1305
Shield Damage: 818.50 652.5
Refire: 2.0
Power Usage: 275 340
Speed: 600 750

Reasoning behind changes

The Dark Blossom would've been like all of the other 2.0 codenames, just a little bit weaker. I changed the speed to make it a little more unique, making it one of the only 2.0s that travel at 750 speed, at the cost of efficiency and power. A good alternative to the slower, but harder hitting 600/650s.

DEFILER

No changes.

DELUSION

Hull Damage: 1019 969
Shield Damage: 509.50 484.5
Refire: 3.03
Power Usage: 189 210
Speed: 600 650

Reasoning behind changes

The Delusion was ridiculously efficient for the amount of damage it dealt. Its efficiency was brought down in line with its 4.86 incarnation, but it's still more powerful, and has a a speed increase to make it useable with debilitators.

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