Hull Upgrades

[FooFighter]

Does this really need to be changed? As far as I'm concerend the system works well.

Besides, you can't remove an item from the game. Causes problems for anyone who has the item in their possession. Considering nearly every ship has one... player wipe, anyone?

Don't worry, there are good ways of getting rid of items without removing them from the game. Just change the hull upgrade so it won't have any effect, make it unbuyable and rise it's price so you can sell it for the same price you've bought it.

Div: mind elaborating why? It would lead to the same situation we have right now - everybody would just mount the AU with the highest protection grade. If you'd restrict certain factions from mounting certain hull upgrades, it'll just lead to all the PvP-whores flocking to said faction and other factions getting ganked by them (just like it was back when the BHG wasn't restricted to fighting only people which actually happen to have a bounty on their head).

[tazuras]

I dont mind armor upgrades, I dont mind the price being where it is. In this most recent version it was made so you could get a much higher armor rating on lower armors, and that helps people find a happy middle ground I think.

Otherwise, keep the price, it keeps people trading which keeps the server alive and full of activity.

If there was something instituted to make a disadvantage to owning armor, I would say perhaps a small reduction in maneuverability or a maintenance cost so you had to continually pay to keep the armor. This would probably reduce the number of characters that mount it.

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[AdamantineFist]

I'm pretty much 100% behind removing and integratng fighter armour. Seeing as EVERYONE except the noobiest of noobs mounts Mk VIII armour on their fighters and bombers, and it just raises the cost of fighters so friggin' much. Cap armour should stay, I think, as it makes rather more sense. Just drop the cost of the igh-end ones a bit, I think. As to adding disadvantages, let's not worry about that just yet.

So, as to the fighter armour removal by integration: YES.

Cap armour removal by integration: NO.

Adding disadvantages to armour upgrades: NO.

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