Ionic Disrupter bug?

[dmm]

I couldn't get the regular engine killer weapon to work (even in the simulator at level IV against ships with lowest level engines and no armor or shields), although the massive ionic disrupter did. Is this a bug in the demo, or was I doing something wrong?

[Baron Munchausen]

Hmmm, hmm. I've never bothered with the Ionic Disperser beam. Always go straight past it for the missile. The whole reason for using engine-destroying weapons is to slow down a faster opponent. If you can't catch them, what use is the beam? I see we'd better test it.

[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 25 September 2000).]

[Master Belisarius]

I can remember that some people have reported this bug in the demo, some time ago.