Why does my damage feel lower?

Beta Patch 3 cut damage bonuses on purpose, so fights last longer.

Stacked bonuses had reached about ×6 on turret ships and ×7 on missile ships. They now top out around ×2.5 to ×3.5.
Damage rolls on modules are smaller, and so are damage modules: the Battery Integrator and Warhead Director give +12% (were +18%), and the Turret Conduit and Missile Conduit were halved.
Artifacts keep about 60% of their damage bonus, regalia pieces about 80% and regalia set bonuses about two thirds.
Items you already owned were scaled down automatically, the same way.
Weapon ranges didn't change.

Good to know

Destroyer and Artillery hulls also roll smaller damage modifiers. The codex pages of the items that changed show their old and new numbers.

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Official patch notes: Beta Patch 3	Official	11 Oct 2026

Paraphrased from the Citadel Discord. Developers and official documents are named; other players by trust tier. Last verified 11 Oct 2026 for Beta Patch 3.

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Beta Patch 3 (official patch notes): Stacked damage bonuses had reached ×6 on turret ships and ×7 on missile ships; they now top out around ×2.5 to ×3.5 so fights last longer
Beta Patch 3 (official patch notes): Turret damage rolls by tier 2–3%, 3–5%, 4–8%, 5–10% to 1–2%, 2–3%, 2–5%, 3–6%; missile damage rolls 3–6%, 4–7%, 5–8%, 6–10% to 2–3%, 2–4%, 3–5%, 4–6%
Beta Patch 3 (official patch notes): Battery Integrator and Warhead Director +18% to +12%; Missile Conduit and Turret Conduit halved
Beta Patch 3 (official patch notes): Artifacts keep about 60% of their damage bonus, regalia pieces about 80%, regalia set bonuses about two thirds
Beta Patch 3 (official patch notes): Rolls on items already owned are scaled down the same way; weapon ranges don't change
Beta Patch 3 (official patch notes): Destroyer and Artillery hulls roll smaller damage modifiers

Written from the game reference notes.