Captain Jonah said:
Plus its worth as a defensive weapon goes out the port hole, do the methane suckers have port holes?
It can (could) engage 4 Drones. making it a multihit weapon removes that and makes it nastier at close range but significantly reduces the Drone (and later on the fighter) defence of the Methane suckers.
Exactly....Most empires use this weapon as a defensive weapon against drones. See the thread on Drone Spamming, Phaser-G could equalize the playing field. This weapon needs a multi target engagement capability (even is that is rulled just against seeking weapons). But I have to agree each weapon fires once per turn so choose your target carefully (all 4 AD are fired when the target is declared). 8)
If I were to deploy a Federation Fleet against the Kzinti, I would employ a few fire power ships, and then fill in with lots of escorts with Phaser-G (glad I'm not playing in tournaments yet, since Phaser-G doesn't formally exist yet. :shock:
Also, IMHO removing the ACC +1 doesn't take away the knife fighting ability of these ships. Get within 6" on a two weapon bank you can still potentially do 8 points (agreed, more likely on average to do 4 points). :twisted: I can see arguments for leaving the ACC +1 and removing it.