Very very interesting. This is definitely going to shift the current missile design strategy for a lot of folks. I am really looking forward to the new release!
Finally an advantage to large missiles
Let's see, a 5 MSP engine would probably mean a missile size of at least 10 or 12. So anything smaller will have a significantly smaller range. Makes a nice tradeoff between ease of shooting down and range.
I'm thinking I'll either accept a lower range (but still significantly better than beams) for size 4 or so missiles, or have fleets with XO racks of size 12 missiles that they fire in a single massive volley and then close to finish off the wounded enemy with beams
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Also, this might put an end to the terror of precursor AMM in anti-ship mode.