Superior Phantom ships/weapons

[McNeo]

I wonder if we'd see the same kind of poll results if the title were "nomads" or "coalition" rather than "phantoms". Or any other faction with better weapons, for that matter.

I do hope those with the conviction to snowball yet another thread picking on the Phantoms have equally strong convictions to pounce on any other faction with access to superior weaponry.

While, personally I dislike the idea of superior weaponry being given to any faction, it makes very little sense to deny it to one faction and grant it to another.

The bigger picture here is "Should special factions get better equipment than normal ones? And if so, by how much?"

If thats a yes, which I believe it is right now looking at some stats of not-phantom guns, then the upgrade here should stay.
If thats a no, then all special factions should get their guns overhauled right now.

Which is why I voted 20%. I dont believe that everyone will vote to balance their guns with the rest of the community, citing various reasons (some good, some bad) for their need for better stuff. So, the current trend inasmuch as better equipment for special factions should be stuck to, until the time comes where the guns for special factions are brought into line wholesale with the rest of them, rather than just picking out the Phantom guns because they are an easy target.

If very little of that made sense, it's because I didnt have too much sleep last night.