Discovery Feature Survey - No.2

[cmfalconer]

2) What do you think about codename weapon balance? How should location of codename wrecks change in the next release?
The Codenames are fine. They're not too over-powered as far as I'm concerned compared to most (MOST) other high-level weapons. I'd like to see the DEFILER re-added with a damage deduction, and also have the SOLARIS back to a [u]chain gun[u] with at least a 5.00 refire.

3) What ships require a hitbox change?
As many as possible that don't have the correct hitbox...wishful thinking though.

4) What is your attitude to possible integration of all Vanilla ship components into the hull root? This means that Vanilla ships will have only one component, like all new ships, and will take same splash/missile damage.
I like it, it evens the playing field and might give the players reason to fly the Vanilla ships BESIDES RP

5) How the ship hit points should be rebalanced if all components of Vanilla ships will be integrated into one (so the original ships would have only one component, like all new ships)?
if they're balanced now in hull stats, what's to change?

6) What do you think about complete disabling of NPC shield and hull repairs? Decrease of NPC ship strength will be compensated with better shields and reinforced hull where necessary.
If you could just get rid of the partial shield/hull repair and get the NPC's to use a full-recharge, then keep it, otherwise toss it. But, it'd still have to balance with small-lvl players.

9) What do you think about removing Campaign SP compatibility from Discovery (not Open SP compatibility)?
Yes Yes a Thousand times YES!!! Keeping SP Campaign compatibility really holds back Discovery's evolution Multi-playerly (is that a word?)

12) What should be done about Nova cannon and other bomber weaponry?
Nova should go back to being ammo-less, doing roughly 55k damage each, with the ability to fire 2 simultaneously, but draining a bomber's core. SuperNova drop to 100k damage with same energy drain...makes people make a choice in weaponry.

14) What new IDs would you suggest to add? What ID changes you consider necessary?
[b]Privateer, Machine (AI) ID's needed.

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