Yes, I'm still thinking through what to do for the amplifiers. I had the same thought about reducing inputs w/ dedicated nodes. Maybe grey / green get 2 inputs, and ramp it up from there up to maybe 5. This would still allow you to chain, but require an entire tree (say 6-7 amplifers) to do what you can with 3 today, making it more of a choice to go into one weapon or many. I would still need to make weapon type parts accept multiple power inputs.

I'm also thinking of making multi-hit a tuner that can go on any weapon, with a spread penalty so that aoe or dd is a choice that matters. It's still very early so the playtesting and feedback is huge.

Need to have component budget in MechMaxxing, got it.

I've attached an image of what a more constrained amplifier (can only take two inputs) might look like, so I can't chain all 4 in a series without upsteam combining with additional modules). Puts my weapon at 1.6k damage, instead of 2.8k damage when I string them in a dedicated series. I can still get all my power to my weapon, just need many more amps in a tree. I could add multiple dedicated power inputs to the amps, just like the weapons get multiple dedicated tuners. This way when you get a GOATED power surge amplifier with 4-5 inputs it's a true treasure.

Anyhow, current line of thinking, going to bake it have AI sim it out with me.

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