Barons of the Galaxy Forum - Bug Reporting - Description: Ion Gun - Messages http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2498-description-ion-gun.aspx Barons of the Galaxy Forum - Bug Reporting - Description: Ion Gun - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:56:08 GMT Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:56:08 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2498-description-ion-gun.aspx Message from Doctor Dread Hutton wrote:
But I think that's why it says that. I'm guessing that the plan was to have a mobile anti-ship unit like the Ion Cannon, and the description got written before the unit was implemented. And then it just fit the bill as a the special counterpart to Artillery.



Probably should up the damage of artillery vs ships. they do about as much as fighters though, at half the cost.

if we get space fighting to be a thing, then units that are hangar-able will have more value. If everything is a ground fight. You might as well bring ground units unless you have an appropriate counter that fighters fill. Artillery won't fight in space.]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:56:08 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2498-description-ion-gun.aspx Message from Hutton Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:35:20 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2498-description-ion-gun.aspx Message from Vulpex Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:57:30 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2498-description-ion-gun.aspx Message from Hutton Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:45:02 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2498-description-ion-gun.aspx Message from Vulpex
Ion guns are effective against starships - and really only against big starships. It doesn't even harm ground units.

Ion guns blast battleships and monoliths out of the sky. In fact anything bigger than a corvette should live in FEAR of massed ion guns. Because that can (and do) hurt lots and lots. They pretty much work as described - here is the damage potential of my own ion guns currently (lvl 6)

Fighter - 300
Bomber - 450
Varitek - 300
Scout - 450
Corvette - 600
Freighter and up - 3750 - KABOOM!

(Ground units - 0 damage)
edited by Vulpex on 4/25/2017]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:12:06 GMT http://forum.baronsofthegalaxy.com/topic2498-description-ion-gun.aspx Message from Hutton
Or, maybe you meant to make it attack as a mobile Ion Cannon but accidentally put it in as Artillery?]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:32:09 GMT