No Shield Pierce Beta (1.8F) — Approaching Infinity Steam update #414809

For about 10 days, we will be experimenting with removing the "skips shields" tag from all ship weapons. I really like the idea of weapons ignore that shields, but sometimes they can end your game as soon as you go around a corner (planet, nebula, etc.). So in this beta, the machine gun, hull raker, railgun, spinal driver, and neutron beam no longer pierce shields. Their damage has been increased to offset this. Anyone can join the beta branch, it won't break your saves (you can even start a new game if you want). Just go to Settings>Properties>Betas>betafromnowon