Mistake in PPB data?

[UseOfWeps]

Hi all,

I'm well aware that everyone has pretty much reached the conclusion that PPBs are undercosted research-wise for the damage they do. I was just mulling over the data files for some of the weapons and noticed a bit of a discrepancy. Here's the PPB damage values:

code:

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1  30  25  25  25  20  20    5,000

2  45  40  40  40  35  35   10,000

3  50  45  45  45  40  40   22,500

4  55  50  50  45  45  45   40,000

5  60  55  55  55  50  50   62,500

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Note the progression between level 1 and 2 - 15pts across the board! Contrast this with APBs changes per level of either 0 or 5 pts and it seems odd. Then note that it's a flat 5pts per level after that for PPB, and I can't help but feel that this is a mistake and there are 2 missing levels of PPBs meant to be here, ie:

code:

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1  30  25  25  25  20  20    5,000

2  35  30  30  30  25  25   10,000

3  40  35  35  35  30  30   22,500

4  45  40  40  40  35  35   40,000

5  50  45  45  45  40  40   62,500

6  55  50  50  45  45  45   90,000

7  60  55  55  55  50  50  122,500

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Adding in these two new levels would result in the following research costs:

APB to max = 1,677,500
old PPBs = 290,000
new PPBs = 502,500

I think this still leaves PPBs undercosted, but seems like a step in the right direction. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I think I will make this change to the next game I play with my friends, as well as interleaving shields and phased shields in the Shield tech, as opposed to having to get to Shields 6 to start on phased shielding. Perhaps these 2 small tweaks will introduce some more weapon diversity in our group's games.

/UseOfWeps.