(12-08-2016, 10:18 AM)Blodwyn ODriscoll Wrote: i was just wondering, why it was chosen to remove the heavy turret under the belly ( which one was the original heavy turret placement, when scylla had only three of them ) , rather than the one on the command deck ?
By the way, is it me, or both Z-line dessie and GB were essentially re-balanced considering/toward Liberty ships ?
Scylla had 4 heavy turrets before the update. Now it has 3, and you're right that the bottom one was changed to a regular slot. Whether or not the heavy turret is at the top or bottom is irrelevant. Even if it was at the bottom you'd still have a regular slot turret above the command deck (I assume that's what's your issue) so it wouldn't change anything overall except create additional problems of messing with people's loadouts and removing their weapon mounted on the top heavy slot, and repositioning the arcs for such a minor change is pointless.
The Hellhound never had any closely matched opponents in Bretonia, as opposed to Liberty. In Liberty it has a straight matchup with the Defiant with both ships being very similar in size and shape, so balancing it around the Defiant was logical. It didn't impact the effectiveness in Bretonia considering you weren't winning a duel against an Imperator or a Bretonia gunboat before anyways, but you had and still have an edge in groupfights or when focused.
In fact the Scylla had only 3 three heavy before the fourth one, on the top, was added, in some previous changes. Now with this update it will be reverted to 3, and i was wondering why the former set up with the heavy turret on the belly wasn't kept.
Just saying.( had players feeling it was weird having the heavy turret not reverted back to the original hard point ).
Edit : So, in the end, on which criteria was made the decision to keep the one on top rather than the belly one ?
( not like i know anything about balancing stuffs, anyway )
Anyway, about the hellhound, even if it wasn't on par with its bretonian or corsair conterpart, don't you feel like it widens the gap between thoses ?
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