Ballistic Weapons

About Ballistic Weapons

Ballistic Weapons are good short ranged weapons with low damage and low He3 usage. They can eventually be upgraded to do scattering damage, hitting all ships in a row.

• Shooting Range: 1 - 2 (Maximum of 1 - 4 after research.)
• Cooldown: 0 (Rounds needed before next use)
• Attack power in a round: Low
• He3 Consumption: Low
• Damage Attribute: Heat/Kinetic
• Scattering Damage (researched): All ships in the same row as the target will suffer scattering damage. (Ballistic Scattering amount can be increased by research.)
• Cannot be blocked or Intercepted

The initial shooting range of 1 – 2 allows for specific use of short range combat. Ballistics Science research can be improved to enhance the skills of these weapons to a range of 4. After some research, it will increase the critical hit rate, penetrate enemy shields, increase damage to Neutral, Light and Compound Armor types and can even increase the attack range.

Scattering Damage - After some research, your Ballistic Weapons can produce Scattering Damage to other ships located in the same vertical row. That scattering rate can increase to up to 50% of the weapon damage as the target. You can also research up to a 15% chance that the scattering rate will be 100% of weapon damage. The volume of Ballistic Weapons can also be decreased by as much as 10% with research.

Like Directional Weapons, these start with low attack power. To enhance their attack power, you must equip several of them, making it hard to defeat target's with high defense. Weapon Layering in is advised on Balistic weapon as you can layer strategically limiting the amount of He3 used per round.  On Layering Balistic weapons, normally the Highest attack modules are used first then add the lower attack Balisitc weapon last.  Expect in specialized circumstances such as tanking fleets, mixing weapon types is not advised.

Ballistic Weapon Stats

The following table is a list of all Ballistic-Based weapons, their base attributes and the base cost per module installed on ships. Certain types of research can enhance their Damage, Volume, Range, Cost, and He3 usage. For a comprehensive list of ALL weaponry and their stats go to the Composite Weapons Table.

Module Name	Icon	Attack	Range	CD	Volume	He3 Use	Steering	Avg Att / Vol	Damage Type	Strong Against	Metal Cost	He3 Cost	Gold Cost
Rapid Fire-I		16-20	1-2	0	20	0.01	6.0	0.900	Heat	Regen	22	13	12
Rapid Fire-II		24-29	1-2	0	21	0.01	6.3	1.262	Heat	Regen	25	16	15
Rapid Fire-III		32-39	1-2	0	23	0.01	6.6	1.543	Heat	Regen	31	22	21
Taskmaster(S)-I		19-23	1-2	0	23	0.01	5	0.913	Kinetic	Neutralizing	30	18	16
Taskmaster(S)-II		27-33	1-2	0	25	0.01	5.3	1.200	Kinetic	Neutralizing	34	21	19
Taskmaster(S)-III		39-47	1-2	0	28	0.01	5.6	1.536	Kinetic	Neutralizing	39	27	25
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-I		29-36	1-2	0	22	0.02	6.4	1.477	Heat	Regen	26	16	15
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-II		38-47	1-2	0	24	0.03	6.7	1.771	Heat	Regen	27	18	17
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-III		50-61	1-2	0	25	0.04	7.0	2.220	Heat	Regen	31	21	20
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-I		34-41	1-2	0	25	0.04	5.4	1.500	Kinetic	Neutralizing	34	22	20
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-II		47-57	1-2	0	28	0.05	5.7	1.857	Kinetic	Neutralizing	36	23	21
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-III		61-74	1-2	0	30	0.06	6.0	2.250	Kinetic	Neutralizing	39	27	24
Gatling Cannon-I		42-52	1-2	0	23	0.04	6.8	2.043	Heat	Regen	28	18	17
Gatling Cannon-II		54-66	1-2	0	25	0.05	7.1	2.400	Heat	Regen	29	19	18
Gatling Cannon-III		68-83	1-2	0	27	0.05	7.4	2.796	Heat	Regen	33	23	22
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-I		55-67	1-2	0	27	0.07	5.8	2.259	Kinetic	Neutralizing	36	23	21
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-II		70-86	1-2	0	29	0.08	6.1	2.690	Kinetic	Neutralizing	38	25	23
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-III		87-106	1-2	0	33	0.09	6.4	2.924	Kinetic	Neutralizing	42	28	26
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-I		59-72	1-2	0	26	0.05	7.2	2.519	Heat	Regen	29	20	18
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-II		73-90	1-2	0	29	0.06	7.5	2.810	Heat	Regen	31	21	20
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-III		90-111	1-2	0	32	0.07	7.8	3.141	Heat	Regen	35	24	23
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-I		74-90	1-2	0	30	0.09	6.2	2.733	Kinetic	Neutralizing	38	25	23
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-II		93-113	1-2	0	34	0.10	6.5	3.029	Kinetic	Neutralizing	40	27	24
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-III		112-137	1-2	0	39	0.12	6.8	3.192	Kinetic	Neutralizing	44	30	28
"Flash" Sonicbomb-I		81-99	1-2	0	30	0.07	7.6	3.000	Heat	Regen	31	21	20
"Flash" Sonicbomb-II		100-122	1-2	0	35	0.08	7.9	3.171	Heat	Regen	33	23	21
"Flash" Sonicbomb-III		120-147	1-2	0	40	0.09	8.2	3.338	Heat	Regen	37	26	25
"Calamity" Howitzer-I		99-120	1-2	0	36	0.11	6.6	3.042	Kinetic	Neutralizing	40	27	25
"Calamity" Howitzer-II		121-148	1-2	0	41	0.12	6.9	3.280	Kinetic	Neutralizing	42	28	26
"Calamity" Howitzer-III		145-177	1-2	0	47	0.13	7.2	3.426	Kinetic	Neutralizing	46	32	30
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-I		102-125	1-2	0	38	0.09	8.0	2.987	Heat	Regen	33	23	22
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-II		124-152	1-2	0	41	0.09	8.3	3.366	Heat	Regen	35	24	23
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-III		147-180	1-2	0	44	0.11	8.6	3.716	Heat	Regen	39	28	27
"Ares" Widowmaker-I		135-164	1-2	0	44	0.14	7.0	3.398	Kinetic	Neutralizing	43	29	26
"Ares" Widowmaker-II		161-196	1-2	0	48	0.15	7.3	3.719	Kinetic	Neutralizing	44	30	28
"Ares" Widowmaker-III		189-230	1-2	0	53	0.16	7.6	3.953	Kinetic	Neutralizing	48	34	31
Azrael-I		194-237	1-2	0	45	0.12	8.3	4.789	Heat	Regen	37	25	24
Azrael-II		217-265	1-2	0	48	0.12	8.6	5.021	Heat	Regen	41	29	28
Azrael-III		240-294	1-2	0	51	0.14	8.9	5.235	Heat	Regen	49	35	34
BloodyMary-I		238-289	1-2	0	51	0.17	7.3	5.167	Kinetic	Neutralizing	47	32	29
BloodyMary-II		262-315	1-2	0	55	0.18	7.6	5.245	Kinetic	Neutralizing	52	36	33
BloodyMary-III		295-350	1-2	0	60	0.19	7.9	5.375	Kinetic	Neutralizing	61	43	40
Tempest-I		212-259	1-2	0	47	0.14	8.5	5.011	Heat	Regen	42	30	29
Tempest-II		236-288	1-2	0	50	0.16	8.8	5.240	Heat	Regen	46	34	33
Tempest-III		260-318	1-2	0	53	0.18	9.1	5.453	Heat	Regen	54	40	39
Judgment-I		252-307	1-2	0	53	0.19	7.5	5.274	Kinetic	Neutralizing	52	37	34
Judgment-II		281-342	1-2	0	57	0.21	7.8	5.465	Kinetic	Neutralizing	57	41	38
Judgment-III		318-387	1-2	0	62	0.23	8.1	5.685	Kinetic	Neutralizing	66	48	45
Bloodspur-I		254-310	1-2	0	39	0.21	8.7	7.231	Heat	Regen	49	37	36
Bloodspur-II		283-345	1-2	0	42	0.24	9.0	7.476	Heat	Regen	53	41	40
Bloodspur-III		312-381	1-2	0	45	0.27	9.3	7.700	Heat	Regen	61	47	46
Shooting Star-I		302-368	1-2	0	44	0.285	7.7	7.614	Kinetic	Neutralizing	59	44	41
Shooting Star-II		337-410	1-2	0	48	0.315	8.0	7.781	Kinetic	Neutralizing	64	48	45
Shooting Star-III		381-464	1-2	0	52	0.345	8.3	8.125	Kinetic	Neutralizing	73	55	52
Gladius Arc-I		276-338	1-2	0	40	0.23	9.6	7.650	Heat	Regen	54	41	40
Gladius Arc-II		307-374	1-2	0	42	0.27	9.9	8.107	Heat	Regen	58	45	44
Gladius Arc-III		338-413	1-2	0	44	0.3	10.2	8.534	Heat	Regen	67	52	51
Black Widow-I		328-399	1-2	0	46	0.31	8.5	7.902	Kinetic	Neutralizing	65	48	45
Black Widow-II		365-445	1-2	0	48	0.35	8.8	8.438	Kinetic	Neutralizing	70	53	49
Black Widow-III		413-503	1-2	0	50	0.38	9.1	9.160	Kinetic	Neutralizing	80	61	57
Mercurius-I		331-405	1-2	0	39	0.33	10.4	9.44	Heat	Regen	118	90	88
Mercurius-II		368-448	1-2	0	40	0.37	10.7	10.20	Heat	Regen	127	99	96
Mercurius-III		405-495	1-2	0	41	0.40	11.0	10.98	Heat	Regen	147	114	112
Debellatio-I		393-478	1-2	0	42	0.41	9.3	10.37	Kinetic	Neutralizing	143	105	99
Debellatio-II		438-534	1-2	0	44	0.45	9.6	11.05	Kinetic	Neutralizing	154	116	107
Debellatio-III		495-603	1-2	0	46	0.48	9.9	11.94	Kinetic	Neutralizing	176	134	125
Ancient Artillery-I		386-473	1-2	0	37	0.42	11.3	11.61	Heat	Regen	247	191	185
Ancient Artillery-II		431-525	1-2	0	38	0.47	11.6	12.58	Heat	Regen	265	209	203
Ancient Artillery-III		479-582	1-2	0	39	0.50	11.9	13.06	Heat	Regen	302	237	233
Ionstormer-I		460-558	1-2	0	40	0.52	10.2	12.73	Kinetic	Neutralizing	296	221	207
Ionstormer-II		513-625	1-2	0	42	0.55	10.5	13.55	Kinetic	Neutralizing	317	234	225
Ionstormer-III		585-710	1-2	0	44	0.58	10.8	14.72	Kinetic	Neutralizing	361	268	258
Helio Sword-I		448-549	1-2	0	37	0.47	11.8	13.47	Heat	Regen	322	266	256
Helio Sword-II		504-614	1-2	0	38	0.52	12.1	14.71	Heat	Regen	340	284	274
Helio Sword-III		565-683	1-2	0	39	0.55	12.4	16.00	Heat	Regen	377	312	304
Dire Brand-I		537-650	1-2	0	40	0.57	10.7	14.84	Kinetic	Neutralizing	371	296	278
Dire Brand-II		601-732	1-2	0	42	0.60	11.0	15.87	Kinetic	Neutralizing	392	309	296
Dire Brand-III		690-835	1-2	0	44	0.63	11.3	17.33	Kinetic	Neutralizing	436	343	329

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Ballistic Weapons Upgrade Info

The following table is a list of all Ballistic Weapons, and their upgrade cost and time to upgrade. The Upgrade Time can be improved by improving the Weapon Research Center.

Weapon Name		Cost II	Cost III	Upgrade Time II	Upgrade Time III
Rapid Fire-I		3,335	4,792	00:37:50	01:18:06
Taskmaster(S)-I		3,626	5,209	00:44:43	01:32:18
"Tempest" Rapid Fire-I		26,983	38,767	02:34:47	05:19:29
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-I		32,430	46,591	03:43:35	07:41:28
Gatling Cannon-I		107,087	153,849	08:01:33	16:33:56
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-I		121,425	174,447	10:19:08	21:17:54
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-I		244,014	350,565	13:11:07	27:12:52
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-I		278,683	400,375	17:11:53	35:29:50
"Flash" Sonicbomb-I		483,583	694,746	21:12:40	43:46:47
"Calamity" Howitzer-I		594,928	854,712	32:06:12	66:15:41
"Deathhowl" Shockwave-I		784,841	1,127,553	26:56:38	55:36:44
"Ares" Widowmaker-I		930,046	1,336,163	37:50:10	78:05:37
Azrael-I		10,024,485	14,401,814	42:59:44	88:44:34
BloodyMary-I		10,671,879	15,331,890	48:43:42	100:34:30
Tempest-I		20,048,970	28,803,628	64:29:36	133:06:51
Judgment-I		21,343,758	30,663,780	73:05:33	150:51:45
Bloodspur-I		30,073,345	43,205,299	106:18:27	219:25:05
Shooting Star-I		32,015,637	45,995,721	120:28:54	248:40:27
Gladius Arc-I		145,110,183	168,993,505	154:13:49	276:04:45
Black Widow-I		145,110,183	168,993,505	154:13:49	276:04:45
Mercurius-I		233,242,323	315,645,343	194:08:08	400:41:09
Debellatio-I		233,242,323	315,645,343	194:08:08	400:41:09
Ancient Artillery-I		320,274,521	465,256,257	20:38:49	213:38:00
Ionstormer-I		320,274,521	465,256,257	20:38:49	213:38:00
Helio Sword-I		422,365,175	598,632,589	149:34:20	213:38:00
Dire Brand-I		422,365,175	598,632,589	149:34:20	213:38:00

The price increases with about 43.66 % from first research to second. The time increases with about 106.40 % from first research to second.

Blueprint Information

The following table is a list of all Ballistic-based weapons, their blueprint location, and their requirements for initial use.

Module Blueprint Name		Source	Honor Points	Champion Points	Prerequisites to use
Rapid Fire		Start with	N/A	N/A	None
Taskmaster(S)		Quest	N/A	N/A	None
"Tempest" Rapid Fire		Instance 3	N/A	N/A	Rapid Fire-I
"Wiseman" Scatterbomb		Instance 6	N/A	N/A	Taskmaster-I
Gatling Cannon		Instance 9	N/A	N/A	"Tempest" Rapid Fire-I
"Blaze" Auto-Cannon		Instance 12	N/A	N/A	"Wiseman" Scatterbomb-II
"Typhoon" Speed Cannon		Instance 15	N/A	N/A	Gatling Cannon-II
"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb		Instance 18	N/A	N/A	"Blaze" Auto-Cannon-II
"Flash" Sonicbomb		Instance 21	2,646	N/A	"Typhoon" Speed Cannon-III
"Calamity" Howitzer		Instance 24	3,456	N/A	"Tenho" Dimensional Bomb-III
"Deathhowl" Shockwave		Instance 27	4,374	N/A	"Flash" Sonicbomb-III, "Calamity" Howitzer-III
"Ares" Widomaker		Instance 30	5,400	N/A	"Flash" Sonicbomb-III, "Calamity" Howitzer-III
Azrael		Honor	6,144	N/A	"Deathhowl" Shockwave-III
BloodyMary		Honor	6,936	N/A	"Ares" Widomaker-III
Tempest		Scenario 10	N/A	N/A	Azrael-III
Judgment		Scenario 10	N/A	N/A	BloodyMary-III
Bloodspur		Virgo.V01	N/A	N/A	Tempest-III
Shooting Star		Virgo.V01	N/A	N/A	Judgment-III
Gladius Arc		Champions' Mall, Gladius Arc Chest	N/A	4,198	Bloodspur-III
Black Widow		Champions' Mall, Black Widow Chest	N/A	4,198	Shooting Star-III
Mercurius		Champions' Mall, Mercurius Chest	N/A	8,298	Gladius Arc-III, Black Widow-III
Debellatio		Champions' Mall, Debellatio Chest	N/A	8,298	Gladius Arc-III, Black Widow-III
Ancient Artillery		Champions' Mall, Ancient Artillery Chest	N/A	14,298	Mercurius-III, Debellatio-III
Ionstormer		Champions' Mall, Ionstormer Chest	N/A	14,298	Mercurius-III, Debellatio-III

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Charts

Adjusted Average Damage divided by Adjusted Volume

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