Discovery 5.1 Dev Diary #3 - More System Changes & Other Things

[Lusitano]

it will be fun to see battleships going 500m/s on a asteroid field

[LuckyOne]

So what happened to that idea of Haste with the destroyable engines for transports that cut their cruise in half ? Seems like that would be preferable to making them always slow. Is it a matter of just too much effort needed?

As for the cruiser rework, it always seemed to me that sort of shield enable / disable gameplay would be better fitted to battleships, because they've always been the weakest class, mechanics wise. And it would be cool to have them in FIRE EVERYTHING or TANK EVERYTHING mode. But we'll see how it will work overall.

[Kherty]

I know what I'll do; gonna host the Tour de Provence soon, damn that's some change I didn't expect.

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[L1ght]

Wow, that looks great! Good job @Sombs !

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[Kanzler Niemann]

Bing bong.

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[Geno]

wow, that looks great! Good job Sombs!

[Lemon]

Jumpholes - a must, thank you very much
Cruise speed - good, Frigates being legit is great for Unlawfuls, I hope you buff smuggling at the same time!

[StellarViss]

A sneaky Corsair Battleship spotted

[Uknown]

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Cruiser heavy turrets have been divided into forward-only guns (bow chasers) and backwards-only guns (stern chasers). They can both shoot broadside with a slightly overlapping arc.
Bow chasers are faster, less efficient, with more range. Stern chasers are more efficient and pack a higher punch.

I just hope that doesn't mean what i belive it will be meaning ... -.-"

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[Richi]

And thruster speed could also be different for ships of the same class. Some are more agile, some better armed or armored, but the thruster speed is the same and it's another option to balance the ships.