Roleplay ?

[Thexare]

many of those issues are built into the game coding and cannot be changed by this mod's developers.

Weapon and ship imbalances, on the other hand, CAN be changed here. I'm hoping to see semi-equivalent versions of the supernova cannon and others added to many of the major factions in the next version of discovery. At least then these pvp-minded individuals can remain in-RP with their weapon choices.

Fair points, and I also hope to see the Supernova equivalents. But until then, incessant complaining isn't gonna do anything, is it?

After all, if bombers - the only counter to capital ships other than other capital ships - are constantly underequipped for RP reasons, who's going to shoot down the hordes of indepentent pvp-whore capships?

Unless of course pvp-whoring isn't as big a problem as some people seem to think...

As for the ships catching fire in space deal... you do realize that you need an environment in your ship to breathe, right? That environment is likely provided by tanks of stored oxygen, which if ruptured -would- bleed off into space, and volatile gasses are more than capable of burning in a void environment - look at the sun (not literally =)

The ships catch fire (externally!) a while before they explode, though; roughly 10% hull, I believe. If the ship ruptured enough for the fire to get out, wouldn't you be likely to be dead very quickly due to the oxygen escaping?

Of course, that's really a rather meaningless detail, isn't it? (and sorry for bringing it up, I figured that specific point would be glossed over instead of replied to in detail)