Dysfunctional ship-lines

[Lythrilux]

Moving on, the number one thing 90% of this community is so woefully ignorant of is HFs. In terms of fighter to fighter combat, HFs are the BEST teamfighters in the mod. A group of skilled HFs will destroy a group of skilled VHFs and SHFs - potentially even LFs as well.

If you put the broken or borderline broken ones aside though, I'd argue that's not the case. HFs fall into two categories, broken or bordelrone broken (Bayonet, Saishi etc) and not viable picks (more or less any other HF). The majority of HFs just don't function well right now.

My other passing comment in this thread, as everyone would expect, is that all factions should be allowed to complete a full shipline of their ID allowance it (2 battleships etc). Locking factions out from getting ships when they can fully use and justify them, becuse of some silly criterion ("Houses only!), is moronic.

Every faction should have their strengths and weaknesses. If you give two types of battleships to one faction, you have to give the same treatment to anyone they're hostile with. That's one reason a heavy BS hasnt been added for either the core or the order yet, because it'd tip the scales.

A faction shouldn't have to wait to get content because another faction doesn't have it yet, that's silly. And balancing factions directly against each other as mirrors matches is silly. There are quite distinct differences between Core and Order, and furthermore if you look at both faction's respective diplomacy, Core fights many more factions that have access to two battleships. Either way, I don't think (and I hope not, because if this was the reason it'd be even more stupid) this isn't the methodology for factions getting content. It's really just silly story team lark thinking that denying the mod and indies content preserves the integrity of the story (as if that ship hasn't sailed already with Zoners, Hispania, CR and many factions via the tech chart having access to two battleships already).

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