Ship combat computers now ignore certain weapons for desired range purposes, and base their desired distance on the actual loadout of the ship.

Significant adjustments have been made to various ship combat behaviors.

Weapon component tooltips now display minimum range and firing arc.

Added a minimum range to all Large weapons except Lasers and Autocannons.

Small weapons of a category now have a slightly faster refire rate, Large weapons of a category now have a slightly slower refire rate.

Some sources of Evasion have been replaced with other effects.

Unlike standard torpedoes, they remain instant hit weapons for now. Damage has been adjusted to be balanced as a Torpedo class weapon, and like the new Torpedoes, they deal increased damage to larger targets.

Energy Torpedoes such as Proton and Neutron Launchers have been changed into G class weapons with a minimum range.

Torpedoes now have a maximum firing arc of 25 degrees and a shorter maximum range.

The Unbidden also get a reduced variant of this.

Torpedoes now gain a multiplicative damage bonus to their damage based on the ship size of the target, as do Prethoryn missiles.

Added a new ship size: Frigates are an advanced form of Corvette specialized in delivering G class weapons.

If you do not possess any weapons that fulfill the selected role, it’ll do its best with what you have.

Ship Roles can now be selected to auto-design ships that actually fulfill certain roles, such as Artillery, Brawler, Torpedo, and so on.

More counters should exist for different strategies, and mixed fleets should be more viable than before, covering for the weaknesses of other ship types.

The Stellaris 3.6 “Orion” update includes many changes to combat.

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