When you need to call down the thunder to deal with those pesky biters, launch a rocket with an ion cannon into orbit and show the bugs who's boss.
Mods introducing new content into the game.
New ways to deal with enemies, be it attack or defense.
Play it your way.
Is it possible to add tiers for damage from ion cannons?
Sorry for the late response. Due to time constraints, I am not currently developing/maintenance Factorio mods.
More to the point, Why? They one shot any vanilla biters with the default 2500 damage from lasers and explosion.
@Warrof Please formulate your question more understandably and use a new thread