by ghbell
Not useless, just less awesome. In one instance, against one player. That may not be your enemy...The list of things that have to happen to get to the point where Point Defense goes off is extensive.
1. PD has to come up, and there is 1 in the bag.
2. PD must be purchased.
3. Plasma Missiles must come up.
4. PM's must purchased.
5. PM's and PD must be on different teams!
6. Then the 2 players must actually be near each other to fight
7. The players must not form an alliance instead of battling.
8. Then ships have to end up in the same hex.
9. Then, the missiles have to be fired and hit.
10. Then the PD has to be fired and Hit.
So. Far from useless as there is a HUGE array of things that have to transpire first.