' Wrote:1. Long range weps. 5k range. Low refire, fast speed (5k in a sec should do). but crappy turret turn rate.
Battleship engages each other from long distances. A close encounter should be rare.
2. Short range weps. 1.5k range. Anti fighter. Fast firing, fast speed. Good turret turn rate.
Hmm... I guess I get your point. Still... let assume the following
a) the BS will become incredibly expensive. Let us say 1500 milions of credits
b) so strong that a single shot of Antifighter turrets must be able to destroy anythink weaker than an HF. And 3 shoots must be enough for the strongest VHF.
Given b) we will soon face with regard to fighters the same problem we face now about pirating in CapS. A one to one fight btw a fighter and a CapS would be so unfair that, I forcast that sooner or later we would be forced to introduce a new rule... something like this... "1to1 PvP attacks between CapS and fighters can take place only if the BS have to defend itself from REPEATED and UNPROVOKED attaks from fighters". So to the owners of this giants would be forbidden to pirate and to attak anything smaller than a liner...
And if we would not implemet such a rule, with these giants around and free to attack any fighter they like to destroy... the envinroment would become crap quite soon. In fact it would be enough to have 2 players on the server, flying the kind of ship you suggest, to make impossible to play for everybody else is not flying this giants himself (if the 2 begin to behave like a*****e... and this happens from time to time... we all know... and with such a power it would happen even more often I guess, without any rule about it).
Ok... so now let's assume that the rule I suggest is implemented... thus "1to1 PvP attacks between CapS and fighters can take place only if the BS have to defend itself from unprovoked attaks". Then the caps would be useless the 90% of the time. Given the price 1500 milions, probably almost nobody would go to buy something so expensive and not much usefull... thus... the only one flying a Cap in the end would probably be the admins.
Ok... is this you plan? Make CapS an almost "Admin only" Ship?
Don't take me wrong. I'm aware I've a bit pushed my arguments but only to make them more clear. If the aim of Disco is some kind of balance, no player should be allowed to fly the ship you describe, in my opinion.
My 0.5 cents
Lump Lorry on behalf of the Lorry Family
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