Discovery 4.81 features, bugs & suggestions

[Igiss]

I've read the latest posts, of which posts by Marauder, Kane and DarkOddity pose most interest (imho). I agree that balance is one of the main things that we should achieve, and I believe that this mod is fairly more balanced than many other mods out there.

Viper is too strong? Well, yes it is, but this strength is fixable. Once the hull has less hps, or hitbox gets fixed (actually, hitbox is not the only thing that causes immunity), this ship will be more or less equal to others. Manta is also slightly overbalanced, but this is also fixable. When those ships get fixed, what fighters will become the best? Any ideas on this?

Next. Weapons. That's probably the most complicated thing for the mod.

Doing level 9 weapons for all, or most pirate factions is close to impossible. Too much work with few people using those guns. Each nation now has its own level 9th, and you may use those as well. If there are some specific weapon types that you wish to be upgraded, please specify them. But please don't make the list 50, 100, 200 items long.

Capship weapons. There's a lot of controversy here. I realise that all such weapons need a powerup, so that they deal at least 20% more damage. It is also possible that gunboat weapons get upgraded even more (speed, range, firepower), since not many people use gunboats now, and gunboat turrets are no longer mountable on cruisers or battleships. Next step is removing all forward guns from gunboats and replacing them with turrets. This will eliminate some balance threats, while making gunboats more competitive against fighters.

Liberty Cruiser forward gun will stay, maybe I'll even make it even more powerful for this ship to become a full-scale battleship killer. That is, if you find it suitable.

Missiles. Well, that's complicated, since missiles seem effective against fighters... or are they not? As for anti-capship missiles, they are hardly possible cause of immunity issues.