Re-balanced and Expanded Weapons

Whispers of a possible update echo eerily across the galaxy...

Major update!! (Apr. 27th, 2024)

RBEW has been updated with a re-balance of all weapons introduced in DLC 6 (Solaris Showdown); the addition of many new weapons; and a significant number of balance changes.

Notable updates include:

1) The addition of NINETEEN (19) new weapons

2) A re-balance of the share values of ALL weapons (including those added in DLC 6)

3) GREATLY improved Binary Laser and Burst-Fire Rifle performance

4) Added/enhanced visuals for ALL lasers. (Lasers now emit particles with the same colour as their beam upon hit on hard surfaces; fading to a reddish colour (to simulate metal particles) at the end of their lifetime)

5) The fixing of multiple (all) mistakes and oversights included in the weapons added in DLC 6

6) Improved performance of HSMs. (Reduced tonnage; improved seeker weighting (resulting in better performance); and increased range)

7) Re-worked/improved Bludgeon- and Bludgeon Burst-Fire AC performance (due to the addition of RF ACs)

Also, due to certain weapons that were added, the Binary Laser, PPC-X, and all RF ACs have had their DLC 6 requirements removed; thus, they are included in this mod for everyone to be able to use.

The nineteen, newly created weapons are:

- the AC/3-RF and the AC/30-RF

- the AC/2 – Cluster (C), AC/3-C, AC/5-C, AC/10-C, AC/20-C, and the AC/30-C

- the Crackshot – Low-Potency, Crackshot – Medium-Potency, Crackshot – High-Potency, and the Crackshot – Ultra-High-Potency

- the Binary (B) Laser – Short Burst (SB), Extended-Range B Laser, B Pulse Laser, and the Chemical B Laser

- the Light PPC-X and the Heavy PPC-X

- the Shock Laser – SB

As this update comes after DLC 6 was released, please be aware that the Rapid-Fire Autocannons that previously existed in this mod have been renamed to “Hyper Rapid-Fire Autocannons”. (PGI!!) These weapons are still as powerful as they once were; making them much more powerful than the newly introduced RF ACs. (The “Hyper” in the name is not for show!)

Also, Crackshots have been introduced, which were a concept that I came up with about nine months to a year ago, but had not yet implemented. With the introduction of the PPC-X, PGI beat me to the punch! (Even though I was weapons-testing for a few months at that point.) As PPC-Xs were introduced, Light- and Heavy PPC-Xs were created to fill in light and heavy classes of the weapon. Crackshots and the PPC-X (along with the Light- and Heavy PPC-X) turn out to behave very similarly to one another, by chance, so this means ultra-close-range projectile play for a wide range of builds!

Lastly, Cluster-Shot ACs have been introduced for low-he