Well, since we are being semantic, note that I didn't say stronger. I said more firepower.
Thats "being stronger". Firepower is the capability to enforce your will. If you can just outright destroy the target then you dont need anything else. If you cant... well... this is when you find yourself in need of other stuff like "defence" and "mobility". Firepower was always a number one priority.
The Medusa has other strengths, such as a very efficient shield, higher speed, and a very good system. Your contention that a no-system SO Hammerhead is better than an SO Medusa is... well its just not true. We saw on stream in the tourney before last that the classic SO Hammerhead with AC and lmgs WITH AAF loses to the SO Medusa.
Not mine. Yours. I was using your numbers.
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I reject that more firepower is the same as being stronger. Thats an artificial definition - one which you need some pretty twisty logic to justify - that flies in the face of, well, every other statistic in the game. You are twisting what was from me a cut and dry mathematical statement of weapon firepower into a complete value judgement on the ship. I don't particularly like having my words twisted. This is what I wrote:
The assault chaingun going from 400->600 by getting +50% per shot damage is a lot easier to analyze: it went from a lackluster weapon that was a bit 'meh' even in SO builds to being extremely strong. A Hammerhead with 2 of them and 4 lmgs will 'melee' for 1200HE + 600K, doubled with system with a 1.4 effective average DPS (though frontloaded, so it has 'alpha' compared to average). Its about 1.5 times the firepower of an SO Medusa for comparison, though the Medusa has the mobility and shield advantage (and the weakness to fighters). I also use the new AC on non-SO ships as 'point defense' when I expect to be swarmed by smaller enemies: I have a campaign Legion (recovered) that uses them to great effect. Its also a pretty good weapon against fighters believe it or not by virtue of sheer DPS.
Note that the subject of this paragraph is the AC and its DPS, not relative ship strength. You responded with:
1.5/1.4=1.07. Hammerhead without AAF is 1.07 times stronger than SO Medusa. This is how weak it is. Literally unplayable.
You make the contention that a Hammerhead without AAF is "stronger" than a Medusa. When I told you that this is wrong, you responded with:
Not mine. Yours. I was using your numbers.
Which is frankly rather insulting. My own words spoke ONLY of dps numbers, and even mentioned the other mitigating factors of mobility and shield in the same sentence. Trying to cover up your own wrong statements by saying I said it first is a poor dodge.
I have video evidence to back up my claims on balance, and am offering to spend my time doing an unbiased experiment to get real data.