Carriers, docking modules and the pop density problem ideas

[Ilya]

Love the idea of the docking modules being a respawn point for the carriers considering I own a Carrier which is used as a support vessel but up to now we have not used it.
Also the idea of the snubs not being punished for combat docking on the docking modules would be a cool idea so they can restock during battle.

And making the carrier into a support vessel rather than a heavy vessel is a good idea and also means that more caps will be needed to support the carrier from being destroyed.

I would love to see a battle scenario with some of this actually implemented and made permanent.

Overall I think a rework of this would be awesome.

Tbh, docking module rework was sort of rejected with words
"Too many code changes in one pull request"

To be continued its requiring
to have a lot of code review or to be remade into small parts for easier reviews.

The first one requires big efforts to process and
The second thing requires big mind efforts as well, which makes me hesitant to do.

TBH, looking at these changes proposed, the population density just prohibits their usage in such ways, If we regularly had 100+ logged and good density than some of this would be good and meaningful, however we don't, changes to the carrier have to be meaningful and reflect what the current population allows us to do, and that is besides the coding, I imagine will be a pain, so it comes down to Time=/=Reward ratio,

Will the changes to support warrant the effort required to make this happen? no, they simply would not be used very much.

The respawn idea is tantalising but ultimately is it worth the effort, will it be used lots outside of liberty? probably not, its very niche.

Carrier launch platforms are somewhat redundant with the JD4.

Ultimately, converting to Heavy Battleships may be the most efficient and Cost=/=Reward positive move.

EDIT: Changes should not make the class defunct, and currently some of these changes would simply make it a gimmick and ultimately useless. Admittedly I am biased somewhat, taking away a carriers heavy firepower would gimp Coalition as we don't have a battleship/dreadnaught class, the Tempest serves as both a carrier and heavy firepower platform, removing that would strip us of our ability to lay down heavy firepower.

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