Originally posted by Trivial Psychic
The faster projectile speed of the Avenger makes up for the geater lifetime of the Prom-R. The slightly greater armor and shield factors combined with the greater fire rate of the Avenger compensate for the Prom-R's greater overall dammage figure. On top of that, the Avenger has a lower energy drain factor and a higher projectile mass. Give me an Avenger over a Prom-R any day.
I'd quote the figures for the Prom-O, but I don't have them at hand. All I've got is those of the Prom-S, which has already been established as being different from the original as far as the tables are concerned.
I'd gladly use the FS1-era Prometheus over the FS2 Prometheus anyday.
FS1 Prom
$Velocity: 450.0 ;; speed of the weapon (initially) -- may or may not change
$Fire Wait: 0.3 ;; in seconds
$Damage: 20
$Armor Factor: 1.3
$Shield Factor: 0.7
$Subsystem Factor: 0.35
$Lifetime: 2.0
$Energy Consumed: 0.40 ;; Energy used when fired
Might not do as much damage as the S or go as fast, but the firewait is somewhat better and the energy use is much less.
Besides, they had already begun replacing the Avenger with the Maxim.
The Maxim isn't worthy to take the place of the Avenger. The Maxim is simply a rapid-fire cheat gun for a little fighter to utterly neuter large ships from distances where they can't even be touched. The Maxim needed some serious balance issues fixed--reduce the lifetime or the velocity and the range would not have been so extreme.
