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Pretty sure it's 5 seconds per ion damge. So ion bomb will last 20. Heavy ion 10.

Would have to test it to be sure, though.

Kaerius wrote:

zarakon wrote:Ion Bomb plus just about anything, because Ion Bomb is crazy overpowered. Only 1 energy cost, and 2 hits in a row will disable 4 shields? Yes, please!

Ya know, the ion effect only lasts for 5 seconds, but the timer restarts if hit by another ion effect, which is why ion blaster 2 can chew through unlimited amount of shields. Ion Bomb is just waaaaaaaaay too slow to refresh its own effect, it will wear out, so the only way you can disable 4 shields with it is if you have two ion bombs.

I think it's more like 5 seconds PER ion damage. The 4 damage ion bomb lasts for 20 seconds. I know 100% for sure that I fired it twice on the flagship to drop it to 0 shields before I unloaded on it.

Hah! I ninja'd you!

Also there's the fact that ion bomb drops 2 levels of shields instantly when it hits. This is enough for a glaive to bite in. Or most anything else for that matter.

My best combo was

2x Burst II (4 Reactor summa sumarum) -12seconds
1x Artemis (1 Reactor) - 11 seconds
1x Pegasus (3 Reactor) -22 seconds (every second artemis volley)

= just 7 Reactor and the Defence Drone at Boss Mode 2 has no chance to dodge the missiles.

Last night I stumbled through space and got to the last stand with two burst 2's and the artemis I started with. I was flipping out because it was my first time getting that far. First stage was easier than I thought it would be, and then of course drones murdered me to death because my boarding party couldn't stop the control room.

4x Burst II. I only managed to get 3 yet (base ship on normal, managed to buy 1 and find 1 in randomevent), but it was the most op thing ever. Pair that with pre-igniter and this is just ridiculous. You start by firing 12 shots at any of their systems, chance of it surviving nears zero. Boss went down fastest of any walkthrough i ever had (even when i had glaives with ions) - it didnt even get the chance to use his second power burst in stages 2 and 3!

I had:
3x Burst Laser II, 1x Ion Bomb, Lvl. 4 Artillery Beam
Flagship? What Flagship?
+1 Anti-ship Mk1 drone

Tunaspirit wrote:I had:
3x Burst Laser II, 1x Ion Bomb, Lvl. 4 Artillery Beam
Flagship? What Flagship?
+1 Anti-ship Mk1 drone

Thats the best load out I have had. Had very little scrap though, so struggled at the end, as I could not provide much power to my engines and other systems.

Heh, I just finished a game with 4 x Burst II. It was absolutely ridiculous, had stealth 3 but no igniter and the boss went down without me taking 1(!!) point of structure damage. Easiest fight ever. Had also shield 4, 2 zoltan crewmembers to bring in juice to keep all systems going. Best weapon build ever.

Most fun combo I got was Fire bombs + Ion bombs + Teleporter + Rock Crew + Boarding drone. It caused all kinds of hilarity on enemy ships. Until I ran out of bombs.