Xenos and Pirate Ships

[Dusty Lens]

You can't seriously tell me all those people who fly Eagles/Rocs when their faction has it's own shipline have any reason to do so other than it 'pew pews' better. Hell, Sindy has a Roc on his LR for that reason. He has like, 8 Rocs or something because they're so damn OP.

He has a Roc because the alternative is a Barghest. The Barghest fits its role, the Roc fits another. Same reason I maintain a Waran and a Roc.

There is a lot of hand waving and gesturing coming off of your off topic rant, on top of some very personal finger pointing that I am more than happy to exploit in order to undermine your argument. Your entire argument, frankly, reeks of hand wringing sandwich board doomspeak.

Which I do not like. So here I come to spit and curse.

1) Who the duce are these "all those" people you're referring to? If you're going to supply us with an argument as to why you feel that the vessel is unsatisfactory in its current form I'd like to have a greater example of this plague which is sweeping Discovery. Last time I looked out the window the blight was in the form of Tridents and Falcattas.

2) How is the Eagle/Roc "superior" to other ships? The Roc is rutting enormous and does not respond well to being shot while the Eagle makes up for its deft handling by being a huge flimsy thing with a plant so weak that you can't fire the guns and keep a reading light on at the same time.

3) The reason you do not see everyone and their mum flying them is because they are not the end all be all best. There are tons of extremely strong alternatives to those ships

4) There is no such thing as a "civilian" ship in Discovery. 80% of the ships in this mod are balanced with various pros and cons which enable their pilot to take them into a fight with the best possible chance of coming out on top based upon pilot skill rather than ship stats. The Eagle and Roc may have the word "civilian" stamped on them, but yes, they are going to go toe to toe with a Guardian and the better pilot is going to come out on top. Because this is a spaceship videogame.

*wanders off muttering*