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Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Igiss - 08-10-2005

Quote:Make it so that only the ship they came with has them mounted and if you sell the ship the gun becomes unequipable.
Sorry but I don't think it's possible.

Cruisers have thrusters too.

About battleship speed - I'm yet thinking about what to do with it.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - daedalus - 08-10-2005

Wrath,Aug 10 2005, 01:13 AM Wrote:The problem is that some commodities are already very very cheap. Still it might be a better solution to inflating prices of guns to artificially raise battleship costs.
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Some commodities can be priced at less than $10. I'm not absolutely certain, but in these cases I think it would be safe to reduce them to $1.

I think the price reduction would be good for balance even now, as it would make missions more worthwhile. But then the prices of VHF compared to larger freighters would have to be more balanced too. Some ship prices would have to change in relation to others.

If this is ever done, one other thing I'd like to see is mineable commodities (e.g. gold, niobium, water, scrap metal) given less of a reduction, so that mining becomes worthwhile. At the moment it's one aspect of Freelancer that isn't really a worthwhile option as it takes too long.



Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Timber Wolf - 08-10-2005

Igiss,Aug 9 2005, 08:39 PM Wrote:Sorry but I don't think it's possible.

Cruisers have thrusters too.

About battleship speed - I'm yet thinking about what to do with it.
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Wait - you're thinking about upping Battleship speed? So a Battleship could not only outgun but also outrun a fighter? Sorry, that's just wrong.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - daedalus - 08-10-2005

Timber Wolf,Aug 10 2005, 10:07 PM Wrote:Wait - you're thinking about upping Battleship speed? So a Battleship could not only outgun but also outrun a fighter? Sorry, that's just wrong.
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It's OK, they are talking about normal engine speed, not thrust or cruise. Battleships don't have thrusters, but fighters do. A thrusting fighter would still be faster than a battleship at normal speed.

I think 100 sounds good, but nothing higher as it would be too fast in relation to thrust.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Timber Wolf - 08-10-2005

I still oppose the idea unless fighters are made even faster.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Dab - 08-10-2005

Yeah 100-120 speed would be pretty good for 3 reasons:

1). You can navigate through asteroid fields without using cruise and running into something every 2 seconds.

2). 80 speed is too slow if you cant use thrusters to get places.

3). Fighters have too many advantages against battleships: speed, manuverability, and size. with higher speeds fighters cant jjust fly around a battleship using thrusters while the battleship only does mediocre damage.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Timber Wolf - 08-10-2005

You don't understand. Fighters are supposed to be able to thrust around a battleship while only taking mediocre damage. If they couldn't there'd be no point of being one.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Dab - 08-10-2005

well if fighters could just kill a battleship without being hurt there would be no reason to have a battleship.

Seeing as most people put battleship guns on their fighters.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Timber Wolf - 08-10-2005

That issue is soon to be resolved I think, there will be no more ridiculously powered fighters.

Here's my Evaluation of Discovery - Kane - 08-10-2005

I think the codenamed guns and nomad weapons are bad enough! You don't need to slap on battleship weapons!

Let's be realistic here! How would a fighter mount ONE cap ship turret, much less 6? It's impossible! Cap ship guns (Gunboats included) should take enormous ammounts of energy to use, but the battleship, destroyer, and gunships can use their class of guns and below without problem. Why? Because the GUNSHIP weapons were made for the GUNSHIP. The DESTROYER or CRUISER weapons were made for the DESTROYER or CRUISER. BATTLESHIP turrets are for BATTLESHIPS only! How would a civilian ship be able to mount even gunship weapons, much less anything else? For that matter, how can ANY ship short of a gunship mount gunship weapons?

Battleships can mount anything. Cruiser/Destroyers can mount anything BUT battleship weapons. Gunships can mount anything BUT cruiser/destroyer and battleship weapons. Anything else can't mount the gunship, cruiser/destroyer, or battleship guns because they can't supply enough power.

*Whew!* Ok, rant-mode off.