Directional Weapons are good mid ranged weapons with mid damage and low He3 usage. They can eventually be upgraded to do piercing damage, hitting all ships in a row.

• Shooting Range: 2 - 5 (2 - 6 with research)
• Packing Round: 1
• Attack power in a round: Low - Mid
• He3 Consumption: Low
• Attribute: Magnetic/Heat
• Piercing Damage(researched): All enemies in the same vertical row as the target will suffer some damage.
• Cannot be blocked

The shooting range of 2 – 5 ( 2 - 6 with research ) allows for a wide range of uses in either close combat or longer range combat. After some development, it will decrease target’s hit rate, attack power, speed and more. Directional Science research can be improved to enhance the stats of these weapons.

Piercing damage - After being improved, piercing damage on other targets will rise to 40% of attack power. What’s more, it has the lowest He3 consumption of all weapons, making it the best choice for challenging instances.

Like Ballistic Weapons, these start with low attack power. To enhance their attack power, you must equip several of them, making it hard to defeat target's with great defense.

Directional Weapon Stats

The following table is a list of all Directional Weapons, their base attributes and the base cost per module installed on ships. Certain types of research can enhance their damage, range, cost, and he3 usage. For a comprehensive list of ALL weaponry and their stats go to the Composite Weapons Table.

Module Name	Icon	Attack	Range	CD	Volume	He3 Use	Steering	Avg Att / Vol	Damage Type	Strong Against	Metal Cost	He3 Cost	Gold Cost
Cluster Laser Transmitter-I		28-32	2-5	1	19	0.01	7.0	1.579	Heat	Regen	21	17	8
Cluster Laser Transmitter-II		42-48	2-5	1	20	0.01	7.3	2.250	Heat	Regen	24	20	11
Cluster Laser Transmitter-III		59-68	2-5	1	21	0.01	7.6	3.024	Heat	Regen	30	26	16
Magneto Pulsar-I		35-39	2-5	1	20	0.02	6.0	1.850	Magnetic	Nano	26	19	11
Magneto Pulsar-II		49-55	2-5	1	21	0.02	6.3	2.476	Magnetic	Nano	30	22	14
Magneto Pulsar-III		69-77	2-5	1	23	0.02	6.6	3.174	Magnetic	Nano	35	28	20
Pulse Laser Transmitter-I		47-54	2-5	1	19	0.03	7.4	2.658	Heat	Regen	25	21	11
Pulse Laser Transmitter-II		66-75	2-5	1	21	0.04	7.7	3.357	Heat	Regen	26	22	13
Pulse Laser Transmitter-III		89-102	2-5	1	23	0.05	8.0	4.152	Heat	Regen	30	25	16
Guided Laser Bomb-I		56-66	2-5	1	22	0.06	6.4	2.841	Magnetic	Nano	30	23	14
Guided Laser Bomb-II		89-93	2-5	1	24	0.07	6.7	3.667	Magnetic	Nano	31	24	16
Guided Laser Bomb-III		112-125	2-5	1	27	0.09	7.0	4.389	Magnetic	Nano	35	28	19
The Sumo-I		80-91	2-5	1	21	0.04	7.8	4.071	Heat	Regen	26	22	13
The Sumo-II		101-116	2-5	1	24	0.05	8.1	4.521	Heat	Regen	28	24	14
The Sumo-III		128-146	2-5	1	27	0.06	8.4	5.074	Heat	Regen	32	27	17
Magneto Bomb-I		100-112	2-5	1	26	0.08	6.8	4.077	Magnetic	Nano	32	24	16
Magneto Bomb-II		134-150	2-5	1	29	0.10	7.1	4.897	Magnetic	Nano	33	26	17
Magneto Bomb-III		169-189	2-5	1	32	0.11	7.4	5.594	Magnetic	Nano	37	29	21
Plasma Energy Cannon-I		109-125	2-5	1	25	0.06	8.2	4.680	Heat	Regen	28	24	14
Plasma Energy Cannon-II		143-163	2-5	1	28	0.06	8.5	5.464	Heat	Regen	30	25	15
Plasma Energy Cannon-III		180-205	2-5	1	31	0.07	8.8	6.210	Heat	Regen	33	29	19
Positron Bomb-I		150-168	2-5	1	31	0.11	7.2	5.129	Magnetic	Nano	34	26	17
Positron Bomb-II		187-209	2-5	1	34	0.13	7.5	5.824	Magnetic	Nano	35	28	19
Positron Bomb-III		228-255	2-5	1	37	0.14	7.8	6.527	Magnetic	Nano	39	31	22
Meltdown-I		153-174	2-5	1	28	0.06	8.6	5.839	Heat	Regen	30	26	16
Meltdown-II		190-217	2-5	1	31	0.08	8.9	6.565	Heat	Regen	32	27	17
Meltdown-III		231-263	2-5	1	34	0.10	9.2	7.265	Heat	Regen	35	31	20
Heartstopper-I		208-233	2-5	1	36	0.14	7.6	6.125	Magnetic	Nano	36	28	19
Heartstopper-II		246-276	2-5	1	39	0.15	7.9	6.692	Magnetic	Nano	38	29	20
Heartstopper-III		287-321	2-5	1	42	0.16	8.2	7.238	Magnetic	Nano	41	33	24
"Princes" Lightspear-I		201-229	2-5	1	32	0.09	9.0	6.719	Heat	Regen	32	27	17
"Princes" Lightspear-II		244-279	2-5	1	36	0.1	9.3	7.264	Heat	Regen	34	29	18
"Princes" Lightspear-III		290-331	2-5	1	40	0.12	9.6	7.763	Heat	Regen	37	33	22
"Tomahawk" Godfist-I		259-290	2-5	1	40	0.17	8.0	6.863	Magnetic	Nano	38	30	20
"Tomahawk" Godfist-II		302-338	2-5	1	44	0.18	8.3	7.273	Magnetic	Nano	40	31	22
"Tomahawk" Godfist-III		351-393	2-5	1	47	0.2	8.6	7.915	Magnetic	Nano	40	35	25
Flamer-I		346-394	2-5	1	40	0.13	9.3	9.250	Heat	Regen	35	30	19
Flamer-II		392-447	2-5	1	44	0.14	9.6	9.534	Heat	Regen	40	35	22
Flamer-III		440-502	2-5	1	48	0.16	9.9	9.813	Heat	Regen	47	41	28
Nemesis-I		426-447	2-5	1	48	0.21	8.3	9.406	Magnetic	Nano	42	33	23
Nemesis-II		469-520	2-5	1	52	0.22	8.6	9.509	Magnetic	Nano	47	37	26
Nemesis-III		507-568	2-5	1	55	0.24	8.9	9.773	Magnetic	Nano	55	44	32
Cyclone-I		378-428	2-5	1	43	0.16	9.5	9.372	Heat	Regen	43	38	27
Cyclone-II		427-483	2-5	1	47	0.17	9.8	9.681	Heat	Regen	48	43	30
Cyclone-III		481-544	2-5	1	51	0.20	10.0	10.050	Heat	Regen	55	49	36
Avalanche-I		466-522	2-5	1	51	0.24	8.5	9.686	Magnetic	Nano	50	41	31
Avalanche-II		505-566	2-5	1	55	0.25	8.8	9.736	Magnetic	Nano	55	45	34
Avalanche-III		551-617	2-5	1	58	0.27	9.1	10.069	Magnetic	Nano	63	52	40
Phantom Ray-I		463-528	2-5	1	35	0.24	9.7	14.157	Heat	Regen	50	45	34
Phantom Ray-II		518-591	2-5	1	39	0.255	10.0	14.218	Heat	Regen	55	50	37
Phantom Ray-III		577-657	2-5	1	42	0.30	10.2	14.690	Heat	Regen	62	56	43
Scorpion Stinger-I		559-626	2-5	1	43	0.36	8.7	13.779	Magnetic	Nano	57	48	38
Scorpion Stinger-II		606-679	2-5	1	46	0.375	9.0	13.967	Magnetic	Nano	62	52	41
Scorpion Stinger-III		661-740	2-5	1	49	0.405	9.3	14.296	Magnetic	Nano	70	59	47

As of 8/08/2012

Directional Weapons Upgrade Info

The following table is a list of all Directional Weapons, and their upgrade cost and time to upgrade. The Upgrade Time can be improved by improving the Weapon Research Center.

Weapon Name		Cost II	Cost III	Upgrade Time II	Upgrade Time III
Cluster Laser Transmitter		3,335	4,792	00:37:50	01:18:06
Magneto Pulsar		3,626	5,209	00:44:43	01:32:18
Pulse Laser Transmitter		26,983	38,767	02:34:47	05:19:29
Guided Laser Bomb		32,430	46,591	03:43:35	07:41:28
The Sumo		107,087	153,849	08:01:33	16:33:56
Magneto Bomb		121,425	174,447	10:19:08	21:17:54
Plasma Energy Cannon		244,014	350,565	13:11:07	27:12:52
Positron Bomb		278,683	400,375	17:11:53	35:29:50
Meltdown		483,583	694,746	21:12:40	43:46:47
Heartstopper		594,928	854,712	32:06:12	66:15:41
"Princess" Lightspear		784,841	1,127,553	26:56:38	55:36:44
"Tomahawk" Godfist		930,046	1,336,163	37:50:10	78:05:37
Flamer		10,024,485	14,401,814	42:59:44	88:44:34
Nemesis		10,671,879	15,331,890	48:43:42	100:34:30
Cyclone		20,048,970	28,803,628	64:29:36	133:06:51
Avalanche		21,343,758	30,663,780	73:05:33	150:51:45
Phantom Ray-I		30,073,345	43,205,299	106:18:27	219:25:05
Scorpion Stinger-I		32,015,637	45,995,721	120:28:54	248:40:27

The price increases with about 43.66 % from first research to second. The time increases with about 106.40 % from first research to second.

Blueprint Information

The following table is a list of all Directional Weapons, their blueprint location, and their requirements for initial use. Blueprints from Instances are randomly drawn from Golden Boxes.

Module Blueprint Name		Source	Honor Points	Prerequisites to use
Cluster Laser Transmitter		Start with	N/A	None
Magneto Pulsar		Tutorial Quest	N/A	None
Pulse Laser Transmitter		Instance 3	N/A	Research Cluster Laser Transmitter
Guided Laser Bomb		Instance 6	N/A	Research Magneto Pulsar-I
The Sumo		Instance 9	N/A	Research Pulse Laser Transmitter-II
Magneto Bomb		Instance 12	N/A	Research Guided Laser Bomb-II
Plasma Energy Cannon		Instance 15	N/A	Research The Sumo-II
Positron Bomb		18 The Blackest Hole	N/A	Research Magneto Bomb-II
Meltdown		Instance 21	2,646	Research Plasma Energy Cannon-III
Heartstopper		Instance 24	3,456	Research Positron Bomb-III
"Princess" Lightspear		Instance 27	4,374	Research Meltdown-III & Heartstopper-III
"Tomahawk" Godfist		Instance 30	5,400	Research Meltdown-III & Heartstopper-III
Flamer		Honor (Mall)	6,144	Research "Princess" Lightspear-III
Nemesis		Honor (Mall)	6,936	Research "Tomahawk" Godfist-III
Cyclone		Scenario 50	N/A	Research Flamer-III
Avalanche		Scenario 50	N/A	Research Nemesis-III
Phantom Ray		Virgo.V02	N/A	Research Cyclone-III
Scorpion Stinger		Virgo.V02	N/A	Research Avalanche-III

All numbers subject to change.

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