Upgradable Superweapons

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How about making the stock super weapon available midgame but do mediocre damage and have no secondary effects. Add research and upgrade modules to the super weapon to increase damage and have more secondary effects. This way you could make the stock weapon only threatening if you don't counter it but a fully upgraded weapon would be pretty scary.

Eg for Novalith

Out of box damage would be 750 per shot, no secondary effects. Could upgrade damage to 1500 -> 3000 per shot. Secondary effects could be loss of part or all tradeport income, slow pop growth, damage to trade ports, buff for friendly forces in grav well. You could still protect your planet with aux government , but the economic effects of a fully upgraded cannon would be severe, and it would make it marginally easier for an attacking fleet to overpower the defenders.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I kinda love this idea!

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

sounds interesting.
would be also a nice thing for balancing. you can rush your novalith, but to reach full power you need more research, nice.
do you have any other ideas for Advent and Vasari too?

Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I like the idea, but think that the superweapons should be kept at tier 8 and upgrades should be balanced around that.  Titans and starbases are more than enough midgame goodies; throw superweapons in the mix and you have an overwhelming number of midgame options.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting LazerusKI, reply 2
sounds interesting.
would be also a nice thing for balancing. you can rush your novalith, but to reach full power you need more research, nice.
do you have any other ideas for Advent and Vasari too?

Idk about Advent, but let the Vasari have their old Kostura back!  }:)   Your pitiful titan is no match for our orbital Kostura cannons!!! MAUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! 

*recomposes self*

lol that would be so freaking OP, and yet, I love it.   :') I loved the old Kostura so much.  Yes, it was horrendously OP.  You could completely disable the enemy fleet in one shot, but..  Still..  It was the most fun weapon in the game.