Enemy's Artemis costs 2 power?
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Enemy's Artemis costs 2 power?
I haven't checked it with lvl 3 sensors, but I deduced from various battles that this is the case. Why is that?
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Re: Enemy's Artemis costs 2 power?
Are you sure you aren't mixing up the Artemis and hull missiles?
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Re: Enemy's Artemis costs 2 power?
EdenNov wrote:I haven't checked it with lvl 3 sensors, but I deduced from various battles that this is the case. Why is that?
You are right. There are 2 weapons that are *almost* same, MISSILES_2, and MISSILES_2_PLAYER.
The enemy variant takes 2 power instead of 1, but fires in just 10 seconds instead of 11 (that's why you can't beat an opponent in missile standoff)
http://ftlwiki.com/wiki/Weapons#Missiles
I guess it's for balancing reasons. With just 1 power, you would have to bring their weapon room to 0 to stop the missiles and every time they'd repair anything, they'd power up missiles first.
If you think about it, it'd be a nightmare, making shields nearly useless in first sectors.
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