Hello I'm wondering if there are plans in place for a next generation of Order vessels, specifically Order Capital vessels.
The Osiris was originally designed to combat the threat of the Nomads but that was over 20 years ago. The Nomads have evolved in this time and have far greater numbers. As it stands the Osiris is not a match for this new threat. I don't like to quote people so I apologize here before hand "The Osiris performs best when fleeing, as it can fire the most amount of weapons backwards."
Battleships are not designed to run away bravely, Also I would imagine in a arms race such as this importance, The survival of mankind. One would think something was being built to combat such a threat, Some examples in history of the top of my head I won't go to far back don't worry.
Russians build Mig-15 Fagot, United states builds F-86 Saber
Russia builds Mig-21 Fishbed, United States builds F-4 Phantom
Russia builds Mig-25 Foxbat, United States builds F-15 Eagle
One word "Thebes" eh ? Right'O i have now searched up Thebes and read all about it and its History. Interesting History, Aye a ship like that might be useful for game balance right now, especially with the vast amount of Nomads and diminished Order Activity.
The Osiris is actually rather advanced as it stands, its just up to the player how they wish to RP how old the battleship/capital ship is. As it stands, the Order's main focus was on the Geb Assault Carrier, the Thebes Super Dreadnaught and the Tombstone Stealth Intelligence Destroyers. Again however inRP, the Osiris is considerably advanced compared to most human made warships, while the Battleship Thebe's is the most advanced human-made warship ingame. If were talking about tech advancing, the Bastet was a prototype till it was mass produced, after that, we focused (and still are) on the Thebe's dreadnaught, which is the main focus atm
Edit: The thebe's inRp is suppose to be much, much bigger and has a prototype jumpdrive system. Its last use was for the Order to escape Minor during the nomad attack that destroyed the planet and has several prototype systems including a prototype (if Hunter told me correctly) heavy-rapid-fire mortar. Atm the Order is working to make it flyable and once complete, that technecly will be the most advanced Order ship in game (and perhaps humanity come to think about it)
(02-23-2017, 10:19 PM)OBSC Wrote: I'm sorry but this is to funny , Apparently the NATO Reporting name for the Mig-15 is a censor issue for the forums. I assure you I'm not swearing.
I think that Noms should get their Next-Gen ships first, considering the fact that we already have them ingame as NPCs and we're waiting for them literally for years now, they need some concentrated work. Ish'tar is already in her pre-release phase, everything she needs is a bit of a hard work like every single Next-Gen Nomad, except for Rabisu.
Considering that Kusari has battleships dating back to the Sakura Coup (500-ish years old), I'd say 20 years isn't an indicator that it needs change.
Manpower wise, there's already too many issues for our developers to release ships that are mostly done for years now, I don't think putting new ones on the work list would be a good idea.
Interesting comments,@Ramke your signature eyebrows are hilariously distracting, Your comment on the Battleship being 500 years old and not needing a update are you immortal and see this as a short amount of time ? no I'm just kidding with you, I see what your saying, however i feel the Order only has "one" enemy they are meant to fight with and should be able to stand toe to toe with that enemy, *sights* Now having said all that the reality is theirs not just one enemy for the Order for example Order vs Core, if Order had that Thebes people might start saying hey give Core something something to match that ship and then next group will say that and so on and so on. So no it wouldn't be fair on he Core for the Order to get this ship I agree. Because yes then everyone will want to be even footing and it wouldn't be fair on the core ect ect.
But then there's a problem if you Nomad guys get your new set of ships your gonna be able to to out match everyone , currently you can call in admins to come in help you in battle or just ask for help mid battle or hell the admins will just turn up and jump in and help you. So you guys should be okay.
Interesting video btw Sombra Hookier really shined some light on things.
Anyway we will all have to just soldier on with things the way they are, grin and bare it. I'm sure the ultimate plan is to reform the Alliance and push back the Nomads, yeah that be cool.