In Nova, how do you make a beam that does very little damage? I have set the damage to 1 each, but it still does way too much damage way too fast. I am trying to make a weak Point defense beam that only disables, but it disables the ships way too quickly. Is there any way to tone this down?
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How much sheild/armor are you giving your ships?
The more armor you give your ships, the slower the beam will destroy them.
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How much sheild/armor are you giving your ships?
The more armor you give your ships, the slower the beam will destroy them.
But then you'd also have to scale the damage done by every other weapon. That would be major suck.
Anatole.
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As stated earlier, making the beam not firing as often should reduce the damage done in a set amount of time. Lots of beam weapons start out near lasting 2 frames and reloading every 2 frames. Even if the damge is low, this will still do a lot of damage in a 30 second frame. If you don't mind the beam stopping a second after you depress the fire button, make the reload 30 and the duration 30, and play from there....
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Originally posted by Anatole:
**Turn up the reload.
Since you're using Nova, you might want to toy with different firing mechanisms, too, like making it use ammunition and being a burst weapon.
Anatole.
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It is a point-defense beam, i don't want it to use ammo. How do I make the burst reload slow it down?
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