buff shields nerf hull

[lIceColon]

partially inspired by this thread

the very idea that caps have such a high hull count (and therefore more bots) is preposterous. take rl for example. real battleships have much better firepower than say a gunboat, but are fragile as a mother and rely only on flaks and counter-missile missile thingies and support craft to prevent itself from exploding- successfully dump 2 or 3 good missiles on it max and you'll sink it.

now when you take this into the space context, a cap's defensive capabilities will be represented less by its hull, but more by it's power core and therefore the weapons and shields it can sport. Right now in my opinion hull is OP (especially with the armor upgrades), and shields are wayy underpowered.

so if you buff shields to match its power core, and nerf hull (maybe nerf equipment hitpoints as well), it will provide a more authentic experience, as well as eliminate the problem of bot feeding since a cap won't have much bots to begin with- since its hull will only be max 10x that of a fighter. As for bat-feeding, it would at least feel much mor authentic and explained as the fighters having a quick recharge.

the idea of course will render our ever-lovely armor upgrades useless, but here's an easy solution: say instead of having armor upgrades, we have shield capacitors that act as shield multipliers- this coupled with a proper shield buff will make shields much more viable, and also make people think twice before deactivating shields, making cloaks etc less OP.

also adding a shield capacitor to your ship sounds much simpler and more realistic than ship-of-theseus-ing your ship at a shipyard.

buffing shields and nerfing hull may or may not improve the gameplay, but that's why it's an idea that I think has a certain viability.

discussion.