An Idea for Another Cruiser Weapon - Mini-Mortar

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Once more, compare the light mortar and battle razor:

Light Mortar
Hull Damage: 150,000
Shield Damage: 75,000
Energy Usage: 1,000,000
Projectile Speed: 600m/s
Weapon Range: 4,020m
Refire Rate: 0.25

Damage Efficiency (damage dealt per energy used): 0.15
Damage Dealt per Second: 37,500
Energy Used per Second: 250,000

Cruiser Battle Razor
Hull Damage: 35,000
Shield Damage: 17,500
Energy Usage: 350,000
Projectile Speed: 800m/s
Weapon Range: 1,520m
Refire Rate: 0.25

Damage Efficiency (damage dealt per energy used): 0.1
Damage Dealt per Second: 8,750
Energy Used per Second: 87,500

While the razor is slightly faster, a 200m/s speed difference is not enough to matter when trying to target small craft. The razor has a slightly easier time hitting gunships, but is still nearly impossible to reliably use against bombers or fighters. Likewise, it lacks the damage or efficiency to ever warrant it's use over the light mortar, even on smaller cruisers with low power capacity.

If the razor is to maintain it's current damage and efficiency rates, it should have the speed increased by another 200m/s, to 1000m/s projectile speed.

Otherwise, my suggestion would be to give it the same efficiency as the light mortar, by raising it's damage to suit. Thus, the new stats on the razor would be:

Cruiser Battle Razor
Hull Damage: 52,500 (+17,500 damage per shot)
Shield Damage: 26,250 (+8750 damage per shot)
Energy Usage: 350,000
Projectile Speed: 800m/s
Weapon Range: 1,520m
Refire Rate: 0.25

Damage Efficiency (damage dealt per energy used): 0.15
Damage Dealt per Second: 13,125
Energy Used per Second: 87,500

With the damage raised to maintain the same efficiency as a mortar, you still need to fire three razors to deal the damage a single mortar would, for similar levels of damage. On larger ships, the only thing this does is force you to use more weapon hardpoints for razors, whereas you could use two fewer hardpoints each by equipping mortars.

In essence, that simple change to damage turns the razor into the 'mini mortar' sprolf is asking for.

I dont want those small guns dominates the battleship's weapon setup, i want to see heavy weaponry to be effective, not use crap load of energy and does way worse than those small guns.

and yea, sure, Mini-Mortar for Cruiser. but all im saying it's just BS needs something similar on their heavy weaponry category

Um, lancer... battleships -already have- what sprolf is asking for, in the form of mortars vs heavy mortars. battleships are fine - hell, they're better than fine, they're one of the most well balanced shipclasses in the mod at the moment, able to set themselves up to take on any type of opponent equally well.

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