by tranenturm
Mike_Evans wrote:
Yes, if you want to ensure that you fire first, Ion Missile tech is the rare tech for you. Besides the missiles, the 2 extra initiative (for no power!) goes a long way toward ensuring that you WILL fire first with any cannons you might have, and even other missile boats will have to survive your own missile barrage before they can unload.
Even without granting an initiative boost, Cloaking Device is a still a great tech. In fact, part of its appeal is the fact that it doesn't require a ship part. With neutron bombs and cloaking device built in, your interceptors in particular won't have to sacrifice valuable ship space in order to post a serious threat to the inner systems of your opponent.
From a design standpoint, I can also see why a cloaking device wouldn't be a ship part. So far, having multiples of a ship part always stacks... extra drives, extra cannons/computers/shields/hull/sources. A ship part that isn't stackable would be a departure from that philosophy. It's a small thing, but might explain why it was done this way.
Even without granting an initiative boost, Cloaking Device is a still a great tech. In fact, part of its appeal is the fact that it doesn't require a ship part. With neutron bombs and cloaking device built in, your interceptors in particular won't have to sacrifice valuable ship space in order to post a serious threat to the inner systems of your opponent.
From a design standpoint, I can also see why a cloaking device wouldn't be a ship part. So far, having multiples of a ship part always stacks... extra drives, extra cannons/computers/shields/hull/sources. A ship part that isn't stackable would be a departure from that philosophy. It's a small thing, but might explain why it was done this way.
Ion Missiles are my favorite rare tech.
As for cloaking ship parts, I thought one way of doing cloaking could have been it needed a ship part but then couldn't be pinned AT ALL. This would then reduce overall firepower in exchange for the cloaking and you would get people putting the device on and off as needed. The real way they are doing it is probably better balance wise to prevent cloaked, neutron interceptors from becoming REAL pains.