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Reduce beam lifetime while keeping total damage
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Reduce aim speed 360 -> 8 deg/s
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Add energy firing cost and reduce station cost
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Increase energy ratio to match nuke
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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions changelog/snippets/balance.7123.md
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- (#7123) Reduce Novax's ability to kill many shields and T2 fabs in a single volley, and rebalance its costs to make it more vulnerable to artillery fire, especially when built in large numbers.

**Novax Center: Experimental Satellite System (XEB2402, XEA0002)**
- Defense Satellite's Orbital Death Laser:
- Beam Lifetime: 8.1s -> 5.4s
- Damage: 60 (4860 per volley) -> 90 (4860 per volley)
- Aim Speed: 360 deg/s -> 8 deg/s
- Charge cost: 0 E -> 72000 E (3750 E/s average)
- Charge drain rate: 0 E -> 5000 E/s
- Base Station:
- Mass cost: 36000 -> 32000
- Energy cost: 512000 -> 800000
- Build time: 44800 -> 43600

The build cost is reduced by the cost of power generators (with storage adjacency) required to power the satellite's firing cost. The energy cost is increased to guide players towards building the power required for firing before building the Novax.
11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions units/XEA0002/XEA0002_unit.bp
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Expand Up @@ -145,9 +145,12 @@ UnitBlueprint{
AutoInitiateAttackCommand = true,
BallisticArc = "RULEUBA_None",
BeamCollisionDelay = 0,
BeamLifetime = 8,
BeamLifetime = 5.3,
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Beam lifetime value breaks the stated “same volley damage” target.

Line 148 uses BeamLifetime = 5.3, but with Line 153 Damage = 90 this yields lower total volley damage than the documented 4860. If the intent is to preserve volley damage, this should be 5.4.

Proposed fix 
-            BeamLifetime = 5.3,
+            BeamLifetime = 5.4,
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BeamLifetime = 5.3,
BeamLifetime = 5.4,
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In `@units/XEA0002/XEA0002_unit.bp` at line 148, The BeamLifetime value
(BeamLifetime) is currently 5.3 which, combined with the weapon Damage (Damage =
90), reduces the total volley damage below the documented 4860; update
BeamLifetime to 5.4 so that BeamLifetime * Damage * (number of beams per volley)
matches the expected total volley damage (preserve the intended volley damage
calculation by setting BeamLifetime = 5.4).

EnergyChargeForFirstShot = false,
EnergyRequired = 72000,
EnergyDrainPerSecond = 5000,
CollideFriendly = false,
Damage = 60,
Damage = 90,
DamageFriendly = true,
DamageRadius = 1,
DamageType = "Normal",
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TurretDualManipulators = false,
TurretPitch = 0,
TurretPitchRange = 180,
TurretPitchSpeed = 360,
TurretPitchSpeed = 8,
TurretYaw = 0,
TurretYawRange = 180,
TurretYawSpeed = 360,
TurretYawSpeed = 8,
Turreted = true,
UseFiringSolutionInsteadOfAimBone = true,
WeaponCategory = "Direct Fire",
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Expand Up @@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ UnitBlueprint{
UniformScale = 0.05,
},
Economy = {
BuildCostEnergy = 512000,
BuildCostMass = 36000,
BuildCostEnergy = 800000,
BuildCostMass = 32000,
BuildRate = 300,
BuildTime = 44800,
BuildTime = 43600,
BuildableCategory = { "SATELLITE" },
RebuildBonusIds = { "xeb2402" },
},
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