does the AI recognize the new weapons as valid AI builds? Otherwise none of them would show up in faction ships. Also, at its current stats, the Muon Charger is the worst weapon in the game..its outclassed by mk2 pulse lasers by a huge margin. Havent picked up the mass driver yet but im going to assume its in a similar position. Good job on getting them working though!
In the latest version the AI will use the Mass Driver, but not the Muon Charger.
I have actually readjust all their stats, but choose to not let the AI pick the Muon Charger because its in sector attack run logic with charge weapons doesn't work all that well.
its understandable...the AI would have no idea how long to charge up for or where to actually aim for without massive calculations.
Honestly my vote would be to turn the Muon Charger into the Energy Bolt Chaingun with mechanics similar to what they had in X3. The only two weapons specifically developed by the Taladi were the EBC and Flak Artillery Array.
Mechanics wise, the Muon Charger attempts to compete with the plasma cannon despite the PC being able to fire faster and for more damage...and the Mk 2 pulse is still putting out more damage at this range bracket(5). The biggest issue is bulletspeed...which is honestly pathetic. Muons themselves only exist for a few microseconds before decaying into electrons and nuetrino's, and they travel at nearly the speed of photons. As you probably know, Muons and nuetrinos are going to pass through solid matter, which leaves the charged electrons to interact and potentially do any type of physical damage. In game, the projectile would actually be a beam and not a slowly moving ball.
This is why i think EBC would be a better fit here, as its A) in the lore already B) makes more physical sense and C) was developed specifically by the Teladi.
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I have actually readjust all their stats, but choose to not let the AI pick the Muon Charger because its in sector attack run logic with charge weapons doesn't work all that well.
Honestly my vote would be to turn the Muon Charger into the Energy Bolt Chaingun with mechanics similar to what they had in X3. The only two weapons specifically developed by the Taladi were the EBC and Flak Artillery Array.
Mechanics wise, the Muon Charger attempts to compete with the plasma cannon despite the PC being able to fire faster and for more damage...and the Mk 2 pulse is still putting out more damage at this range bracket(5). The biggest issue is bulletspeed...which is honestly pathetic. Muons themselves only exist for a few microseconds before decaying into electrons and nuetrino's, and they travel at nearly the speed of photons. As you probably know, Muons and nuetrinos are going to pass through solid matter, which leaves the charged electrons to interact and potentially do any type of physical damage. In game, the projectile would actually be a beam and not a slowly moving ball.
This is why i think EBC would be a better fit here, as its A) in the lore already B) makes more physical sense and C) was developed specifically by the Teladi.