Poll: Random stupid idea that will prolly be shut down but whatever.

[Wesker]

https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2002470

In regards to this, I've been seeing a lot of fuss in lore related conversations on how house warship capabilites are way to equalized with that of unlawfuls. Now, obviously in lore houses are drastically superior. For example, people often live under the misconception that in lore the Hessians have a fleet that could challenge the federal government head on, when the reality it's FAR from true currently. Still, some people are shaken on how gameplay assets are equalized and this draws up a series of misconceptions. (Also with that in mind why the hell would Hispanic factions need more stuff? W/e)

So what's the point of this little ramble and how do I propose we deal with it? Simple, give the houses MORE stuff. Instead of mitigating and removing things, and going backwards, move FORWARDS.

BC's can be challenged ingame, battleships - dread or carrier - are no exception to the forces that can counter them from the unlawful side. Obviously this plummets the morale of many lawful factions trying to engage in cap warfare against their unlawful counterparts who often times in houses besides liberty, (and even sometimes IN liberty) draw up more forces. Cutting straight to the point, I'm going to just go ahead and say it. Is it time to introduce juggernauts? Missile frigates?

I know it sounds wackey, maybe even balance impeding, but the concept of houses holstering the bigger; badder; meaner; warships that would be capable of wreaking havoc upon their counterparts seems kinda interesting too me. It would introduce a new challenge for unlawful factions to counteract, and would in turn - motivate more players to fly official lawfuls in places that lack them (and believe me, there ARE houses that lack them). The development team could take a precaution on just how many of them there are (ex: limiting them to the house official faction military), content drives this game from what I can see. If we have models that are able to be balanced and can add new opportunities to factions that need them (which the fuss currently seems to pin on house lawfuls) than they should probably be IN the game. From gameplay standpoint, it's motivating, I know it sort of sounds like appeasement, but I think throwing this bone would be worthwhile in comparison to adding smaller vessels that would otherwise just be adopted by unlawful factions. (Ex every defected cap ever) Back when cerberus turrets were nerfed in 4.87, the development team's platform for the decision was that capital ships needed more diversity. But diversity probably shouldn't just be limited to weapons, it should include the ships themselves, more so in lawful factions that have the power and time to construct them.

This brings me to the lore standpoint, obviously titans of this size and power would require immense resources, so, this could provide roleplay opportunities to house lawfuls invested in giving their players more motivation by roleplaying the construction of these assets. Forcing factions to roleplay to set up ships of this size or power would be an interesting change, obviously this shouldn't be applied to the collective playerbase in regards to standard battleships/cruisers/gbs already in the game for server health reasons - but throwing this in might make for an interesting change.

Before you all jump the gun and say I want this because I'm a cap lover/pvper/all i care about is gameplay crap lalalalala I don't actually fly capital ships anymore, this idea just struck me as something to consider. It's a chance to move forward with something more to drive server health, rather than clinging to, and repeatedly adjusting what we have to little satisfaction from the community from what I've seen.


I really just want to see a colossal Bismarck double it's size

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