Merging components on Vanilla ships

[chovynz]

My thoughts are as such.

I would be heartsick if the mergers went through. Seeing bits blown of your ship is really special. Like someone else said, it brings Freelancer alive for me.

However, practically, It makes sense to merge the vanillas. Why? Bits getting blown off is nice, but it's just graphics. The gameplay is what is more important. But where do you separate aesthetic graphics like your ship getting blown apart from the mechanics of flying? Flying without bits getting blown off, is like strapping your arms and legs together with duct tape. Sure you can still move around, but it takes a lot of the pleasure away.

On the other hand, What I would really like to see is all the ships getting an upgrade and having parts get blown off for all the non-vanilla. But this is a quarryload of work (as opposed to a bucketload). I suspect that option wouldnt be popular with the Disco devs.

Bits getting blown off = better tactics = more fun = more work to implement = lots of problems that are unforseen = not popular choice.
Ships having one unbreakable "body" = breaks the realism of getting hit = less fun = less time to bring new ships in or skins or models = more popular choice.

It's a no-win in my book. I voted yes Merge Vanillas.

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