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Freighters - michiyl - 04-20-2011
Quote:For 4.86 all freighters got about 30 extra bbs, more armor (mostly 9k) and faster cruise speed (395 m/s is starting value for beta testing).Wow:mellow:
All this was done last summer actually.
There will be a lot of explosion in the asteroid fields with that ... but I'm gonna love it if the devs tweak it to THAT number :ylove:
Freighters - Hone - 04-20-2011
I think freighters are already overpowered, they are cargo ships, not war ships. And they already have the best shields and lots of regens.
Freighters - AeternusDoleo - 04-21-2011
Freighters are fine as is. You want an extremely heavy freighter? Try the Pelican, it has all the things you list. But is rated a "light transport".
Freighters - AeternusDoleo - 04-21-2011
' Wrote:The only way to make freighters really popular would be some non-legal smuggling trade routes that could give high enough profit with low cargo of freighters, with this route being too dangerous for usual transport to use. I honestly have no idea how to implement that.Simple. Use bases like those "Molly/Rogue Destroyer" ones in New London and New York. Bases without a transport moor so only things that can dock as a fighter can moor there.
Freighters - Vladimir - 04-21-2011
' Wrote:Simple. Use bases like those "Molly/Rogue Destroyer" ones in New London and New York. Bases without a transport moor so only things that can dock as a fighter can moor there.
Huh, simple indeed. And really simple to implement. That'd be good.
There are ways to exploit it, like transport + freighter going there and then frighter selling all the cargo from transport, but why call it exploit if you can call this a teamwork.
Freighters - Cameron - 04-21-2011
make ammo take up cargo space and raise the universal ammo limit to something ridiculous. Instant missile corvette =p
Freighters aren't that bad in combat but they are disadvantaged, as they should be. They are cargo haulers after all.
Freighters - Colonel.Tigh - 04-21-2011
class 7 shields? how about that?
right now, freighters, are good for doing missions, and nothing else.
Freighters - Ntei - 04-21-2011
the point is not about freighters been usefull as transports, is about benn able to defend theirselves, a transport will always be better in moving staff arownd
Freighters - rwx - 04-21-2011
' Wrote:right now, freighters, are good for doing missions, and nothing else.
Nah. Also good for pirating/RP stuff.
I love to take down traders with my Ragnar. :ylove:
@topic: they are fine.
Freighters - teschy - 04-21-2011
' Wrote:
When I look at combat freighters like Grizzly, I just shake my head in shame. That thing is supposed to be a pseudo-bomber, yet it barely has enough hull more than a VHF and mediocre powerplant at best.
When I look at the Grizzly, I shake my head in awe, because unless you haven't noticed, that thing has a 165 nanobot/battery capacity, two CM launchers and it can mount and fire 8 magma hammers. It's a ship that you use to fend off Outcast Tridents successfully, however a couple of them can easily slaughter a gunboat or two. The only drawback is that it has a crappy cargo space. And that it's bomber food.
There are two types of freighters, those with crappy stats and more cargo, and those with better stats and crappy cargo. I think the latter ones could get a boost, since there's not much point in calling it a 'freighter' if has only thrice the cargo size of a bomber.