TEC already has two interrupts as well; ion bolt and magnetize.  That said, I'm not opposed to adding a third to the list.

I've never been able to come up with a solution I've liked for GRG.  I strongly believe it needs a (new) secondary effect, since it's never going to scale appropriately as a pure-damage ability, but that also has to mesh well with the Kol's unique antimatter limitations and role as a front-line brawler.

I think this is the checklist for a viable GRG:

• Must be reasonably good against militia
• Must have a practical utility in the early, mid, and late game
• Must not be too weak at level 1 nor too strong at level 3
• Must have a sufficiently unique role that cannot be replicated by a sufficient number of frigates or other capital ship abilities.
• Must have antimatter consumption requirements that a Kol can manage

I've played around with lots of ideas, from low-antimatter cost variants to secondary effects to massive-damage variants, but I've never found one that really felt like the silver bullet.

While we're on the topic of the Kol, I feel that it should probably get an antimatter cost decrease on flak burst and adaptive shields.  With level 6+ Kols now having less antimatter to play with thanks to the FH nerf, there's more leeway to buff these abilities to help level 1-5 Kols without pushing the higher level ones over the edge.

Ahh thanks, yea its Magnetize not EMP. My bad. 

Oh and yes I don't want to take away from Magnetize and Ion Bolt. I would like to see GRG become a long-term disabler or dampener of Cap abilities like DA and DS, not a Cap freezer like Phase Out Hull or Ion Bolt. 

Perhaps lore-wise, the weapon could target Antimatter infrastructure inside the target causing a leak or somehow increasing the AM cost of its abilities for some time. We already see a smack to cooldowns with Kortul's DS and a removal of AM with Radiance's DA, so maybe a Antimatter price jump for all targets abilites? That way, say, a Halycon could still fire its Telepush but it would drain its AM much faster than if it was using it without being under fire from the Kol.

It would be fun for the Kol to spread its own weakness (low AM reserves) to other ships for a change Im sure a Kols crew would get some satisfaction from that! 

I've got a couple of ideas..I don't know if they're any good, so I'll post them for viewing.

Looking at the Gauss Rail as a kinetic weapon, I keep coming back to something that I think should be part of the TEC on the whole: Armor penetration.

Just looking at GRG (since the rest of that idea is something that can be discussed elsewhere and not derail this thread) it's a big, piercing bullet fired at some insane speed in a place where there is no friction.

Idea 1.) So, if it's fired at something with < 10% shields, it ignores some % of the targets armor, and deals damage accordingly. Have it keep the speed debuff and throw in a small push away from the Kol on anything smaller than a Starbase/Orbital Structure, proportional to it's size (frigate gets pushed farther than a cruiser, which gets pushed farther than a Cap Ship).

Idea 2.) Or, perhaps, have it hit everything in a straight line. Everything. Friend and Foe. It is, after all, a big dumb bullet. Have it slow everything it grazes ("Sir, big bullet just knocked us about, we're getting back on track") Give it a % based on the number of hits, stopping after X (e.g. 100%/50%/10% stop at level 1, 100%, 75%, 50%, 10% stop at level 2 and 100%, 75%, 50%, 25%, 10% stop at level 3) and perhaps have it synergize with FH - Cooldown increase, but no friendlies are hit, add 1 100% hit to the number of targets.

Just a couple of ideas. I have no idea about multiplayer, since I only play with friends and stomp the comp, so I'm making these with no balance considerations.

double post. yay.

thats what i mean, tool tip says so, but its not in the game files, so it never existed.

I would like to see the following...

GRG damage as is

GRG stops complete momentum of fleeing ship but does not disable or prevent it from starting movement again or phase jumping.

GRG decreases the armor of the effected ship by 2/4/6 or stacking with other kols with a base of 1/2/3.

Personally I would like to see stacking added to some capital ships to make them have more utility late game when fleets become much larger, but the 2/4/6 would suffice. Adding more stacking potential may be a change I make for my own mods...