Weapon balance proposal

[McNeo]

We have two choices here.

Balance

or

Realism

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Balance means that we should balance these class 9 and 10 weapons against each other, not really taking into account their class. Chopper's original proposal would do that. This balance would enable all guns to be more powerful, and would not give any one faction or series of factions a large disadvantage. Small hints of realism would be seen here, such as houses getting the better equipment, but the focus would be on balance, as the houses wouldn't have any serious advantage over the other factions

This would essentially level the playing field between all players, providing a constest of skill rather than equipment.

or we could go with:

Realism means that we pretend these codes are really rare, even the poor ones such as the BLOODSTONE. This way, houses have the best equipment by quite a bit, and a gun selection ranging from 2.00 to 8.33, each house having their own gun for a seperate refire. All this technology is funded by governments who deal in billions and trillions of credits, much as current governments such as the American and German governments do.

Pirate factions would have to use some serious guerilla tactics instead of a pitched battle between the houses, as their equipment would be far inferior and their choices more limited than that of the house navies. Perhaps the Corsairs and the Outcasts, being almost seperate houses, would be closer to the real houses in terms of equipment, but I wouldn't count on it.


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Balance encompasses a view for equality, while Realism tries to make an accurate prediction of the future.

Personally, I favour balance. I already take this game way too seriously, and I dont want it to become like EVE is for other people...

So, please, put back the damage on the Magma's and Firekiss'... their 500 speed really warrants more damage, actually, but 1200 is reasonable...