upgrades

Okulus sorta does, the third? weapon upgrade makes all of them more powerful.  Dunno bout the transcencia, I always wondered about that too.

was talking about research wise(but yeah thats a good point):

Argonev has Lasers(lv0)->missiles(lv1)->Beam cannons(lv2)

TEC have research to increase damage of all 3, + range of missiles

Orkulus has Pulse beam cannons(lv0)->disintegrators(lv1)->phase missiles(lv2)-> damage increase

Vasari have tech to increase damage of pulse beams & phase missiles, + shield negation of phase missiles

Transcencia has plasma cannons(lv0)->lasers(lv1)->psionic surge(lv2)

Advent have tech to increase damage of plasma & lasers, & refire rate of plasma.

all 3 races have research to add 1 weapon bank to all weapons and +10% damage, all races have a survivability upgrade.

Vasari also get rapid deployment; TEC get increased disruption. Advent have nothing comparable.

i don't wanna hear anything about how the transcencia is an awesome fleet killer cuz of meteor storm, cuz argonev has self destruct, which has a whole lot more damage output, even if it does destroy the SB, and Orkulus can steamroll assault cruisers. Transcencia's meteor storm has a fixed range, only does 750 the first time, and then like 300 every volley after.(although this is less noticeable around asteroids)

guess im sort of mainly complaining for 1. weapon upgrades for the orkulus' and transcencias' unique weapons, and b. some kind of functionality to extend the transcencia's sphere of influence...maybe lost shields on jumping away from one?

reading the phase starbase references
level0 range 8000 weapon phasecapitalpulsegunheavy dps 186 4 banks attack type antiheavy speed 1800
level1 range 6000 weapon chaosbolt dps 164 4 banks attacktype antimodule speed 1300
level2 range 10500 weapon missile dps 325 4 banks attacktype capitalship speed 1000
all banks can target 4

the psi starbase references
level0 range 8000 weapon plasma projectile dps 146 4 banks attacktype capitalship speed 2000
level1 range 10500 weapon psispiritmuzzle missile dps 300 4 banks attacktype capitalship speed 1000
level2 range 6500 weapon psicapitallaserheavy projectile dps 192 4 banks attacktype capitalship speed 4000
all banks can target 4

 the mass disorentation has two levels

the tech starbase references
level0 range 8000 weapon capital laser medium projectile dps 146 4 banks attacktype capitalship speed 4000
level1 range 6500 weapon capital ship beam heavy beam dps 256 4 banks attacktype capitalship speed 0 ??????
levle2 range 10500 weapon capitalshipmissileheavy missile dps 300 4 banks attacktype capitalship speed 1000
all banks can target 4

all this info read from the starbase entity files

hope this helps

harpo

Oh I see what you were getting at, dont know how i missed that.  My guess would be that since they're single ocurrence, SB only weapons they dont merit an upgrade all their own?  It doesnt really make sense given that before entrenchment the TEC Kol battleship had beam weapons but the TEC had no beam weapon upgrade.  Maybe it will be fixed later, though since theyre kinda "special" weapons I doubt it.

Thats exactly what I've been thinking. Upgrades for these weapons should be added as it is inconsistant with the rest of the game.

Vasari surivability upgrade grants +10% health, +6 armor(=+30% health) =~+40% health

TEC survivability grants +20% health, +4 armor (=+20% health)=~+40% health

Advent upgrade grants +15% shields and +15% shields regeneration=~+15% survivability. umm? and advent dont even have a special upgrade for their sb(combat deployment, improved disruption).