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VoidInsanity wrote:

Kieve wrote:I'll look into it further, since I'm not totally tone-deaf to complaints of OP'ness, but I have found in my own games (Normal, for those wondering) that depending on the SP to open / win a fight is dicey at best, and suicide at worst.

Its overpowered because you simply time the cloak to dodge the first volley of shots while the weapon is charging then target their weapons with it. After that they are sitting ducks since they have to fix the breach and the weapons to even attack you back. Rinse and repeat until they die, slowly but surely with no missile or drone cost. You will not take any damage at all ever unless the first attack misses, and even then you can still upgrade shields first since you do not need to save for new weapons to keep up with other ships. This weapon scales too well because it bypasses everything and instantly destroys it, not even the artillery beam is this strong.

VoidInsanity wrote:Is there any reason you cannot make it a modified artillery beam instead of bomb weapon? That would solve all balance issues and allow you to make it as powerful as you see fit, since then you'd have to invest to unlock its full potential.

• Included a readme! - Something I should've done from the start. Ah well, live & learn.
• Restored Advanced Hull augment from Blueprints - This one was commented out by the devs and never used.
  *Some other mods may have also restored this augment. They may conflict if they make any changes to the aug, but it is included here in its original form.
• Replaced Crystal Vengeance augment with Advanced Hull - 25% chance to nullify hull damage. It was a toss-up between this or System Casing, but in the end I decided Adv. Hull best reflected the ship's "tough" offensive design.
• Included Mini-ship image for score screen - Derp. Should've thought of that a long long time ago.
• Several back-end changes to filenames - Should no longer overwrite original circle_cruiser_2 files. Thanks for reminding me about this one, shark.
  Balance Tweaks
• -Reduced starting ship power from 9 to 8
• -Increased Cooldown on Singularity Projector from 20 to 22
• -Removed Hull Damage from Singularity Projector. Still does full damage to systems and personnel.
• -Increased Cooldown on Disruptor from 14 to 15

VoidInsanity wrote:Why not add a +1 heal to the weapon with the 1 Damage? Would that work to allow the weapon to not damage the hull?

Kieve wrote:Morning update:
I stayed up a lot longer than I should've, playing with the Singularity Projector spritework.
Got a prototype of the "explosion" part of the bomb done. Will probably go back and tweak this a lot, but for now it seems functional.

 <weaponBlueprint name="SOWER_CANNON_4">
	<type>MISSILES</type>
	<title>Baryon-Gravitophoric Cannon</title>
	<short>BG Cannon</short>
	<desc>To create is truly more precious than to destroy. Baryon-Gravitophoric cannons fire massive shells fitted with baryon/antibaryon annihilation reactors. The reactors are fitted to a modified Mag recoil device. On impact, the reactors seeminly shred the conventional theory of electroweak baryongenesis and symmetry; the Mag devices funnel millions of tons of baryons into a 1 millimeter cube. Some shots impact with the density of a neutron star; most collapse into miniature black holes. When the magnetic bottle containing the leftover antibaryons needed to maintain symmetry is released, they mutually annihilate whatever is left.</desc>
	<tooltip>Turn out the sun. Boss killer.</tooltip>
	<damage>5</damage>
	<missiles>2</missiles>
	<shots>1</shots>
	<sp>4</sp>
	<fireChance>0</fireChance>
	<breachChance>5</breachChance>
	<cooldown>20</cooldown>
	<power>4</power>
	<cost>120</cost>
	<bp>2</bp>
	<rarity>5</rarity>
	<image><image>SOWER_CANNON_PROJ_4</image></image>
	<launchSounds>
		<sound>smallMissile1</sound>
		<sound>smallMissile2</sound>
	</launchSounds>
	<hitShipSounds>
		<sound>smallExplosion</sound>
	</hitShipSounds>
	<hitShieldSounds>
		<sound>hitShield1</sound>
		<sound>hitShield2</sound>
		<sound>hitShield3</sound>
	</hitShieldSounds>
	<missSounds>
		<sound>miss</sound>
	</missSounds>
	<weaponArt>SOWER_CANNON_4</weaponArt>
</weaponBlueprint>

thashepherd wrote:

Kieve wrote:Morning update:
I stayed up a lot longer than I should've, playing with the Singularity Projector spritework.
Got a prototype of the "explosion" part of the bomb done. Will probably go back and tweak this a lot, but for now it seems functional.

Do you mind if I use this art as the basis for the hit effect of my mod's Baryon-Gravitophoric Cannon?

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 <weaponBlueprint name="SOWER_CANNON_4">
	<type>MISSILES</type>
	<title>Baryon-Gravitophoric Cannon</title>
	<short>BG Cannon</short>
	<desc>To create is truly more precious than to destroy. Baryon-Gravitophoric cannons fire massive shells fitted with baryon/antibaryon annihilation reactors. The reactors are fitted to a modified Mag recoil device. On impact, the reactors seeminly shred the conventional theory of electroweak baryongenesis and symmetry; the Mag devices funnel millions of tons of baryons into a 1 millimeter cube. Some shots impact with the density of a neutron star; most collapse into miniature black holes. When the magnetic bottle containing the leftover antibaryons needed to maintain symmetry is released, they mutually annihilate whatever is left.</desc>
	<tooltip>Turn out the sun. Boss killer.</tooltip>
	<damage>5</damage>
	<missiles>2</missiles>
	<shots>1</shots>
	<sp>4</sp>
	<fireChance>0</fireChance>
	<breachChance>5</breachChance>
	<cooldown>20</cooldown>
	<power>4</power>
	<cost>120</cost>
	<bp>2</bp>
	<rarity>5</rarity>
	<image><image>SOWER_CANNON_PROJ_4</image></image>
	<launchSounds>
		<sound>smallMissile1</sound>
		<sound>smallMissile2</sound>
	</launchSounds>
	<hitShipSounds>
		<sound>smallExplosion</sound>
	</hitShipSounds>
	<hitShieldSounds>
		<sound>hitShield1</sound>
		<sound>hitShield2</sound>
		<sound>hitShield3</sound>
	</hitShieldSounds>
	<missSounds>
		<sound>miss</sound>
	</missSounds>
	<weaponArt>SOWER_CANNON_4</weaponArt>
</weaponBlueprint>