Playtest 1 (first two pushes, ~40 min game time — pacing on target)
found the railgun_s-spam-cruiser meta and confirmed the repair tool as
overpowered (second signal after the persistent arena escort margin):
- repair_tool 9 -> 4 HP/s: the arena only prices in-fight sustain; real
runs add free between-wave top-offs across the whole swarm
- railgun_l range 100 -> 130: now outranges stations (120), buying the
siege role the capital ladder promises
- railgun_m 14 -> 16 dmg, range 70 -> 80: concentration tax softened so
the ladder reads "pay some DPS efficiency for reach", not
"strictly worse"
- new tracked arena: railgun_s-spam cruisers vs default cruisers
Module costs untouched, so all threat values stay valid. Docs updated
(derived.md, history.md playtest record, README status).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DyCu8vwChKMbLJQ3xosYEN
Malte Langkabel
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