Talk:Ion Cannon Turret/@comment-26821248-20150726022849/@comment-87.54.10.204-20150726072929

Loóking at Ion weapons canonically I agree with you an Ion weapon should have some effect on all aspects of a ship hit.

That beeing said, if this was the case in this game all Ion weapons would cost double if not tripple for balance sakes, as you are essentially rendering the hit ship completely useless.

It simple wouldn't be balanced, so I think it's quite fine how it is at the moment, Ion Weapons effect only the engines of a ship but still leaves other systems intact I.e. Weapons, Target control, adjusting thrusters and such.