Do you think pirate power should equal lawfuls or should lawfuls have more in FL..?

[Lupusy]

i guess this is old news but i suspect most people know the Bounty Hunter Battlecruiser (BH BC) is kinda overpowered because :-
1) Only lawfuls have access to Battlecruiser class cruisers with 2.7 million units of power output
2) The pirates etc have to make do with cruisers with 1.4 million units of power output.
Given BC's cost half that of battleships, this means that dollar for dollar the lawfuls can whip the pirates' ass provided bountyhunter BCs are around - (unless pirates mass with bombers etc).

So my question is this :-

If you were to design a FL style open space saga mod, would you give pirates and lawfuls access to exactly the same ships/weaponry, or would you make them different?

imho, it hink they should be given access to identical and equal equipment -- becaus ein the end the pirates are really a separate state on their own and FL is in itself truly about a war vetween two or more sovereign states. so the game will be made much more balanced and enjoyable for everyone if all had access to equal equipment. The true "pirates" then become players who conduct raiding parties into each other's territory.

what do you think?


nb: i actually dont like how the BH BC looks. i dont like the corellian corvette look. so im hesitant to use it.

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