Capital Ship Realism

[Chase]

"roflcap-tors. " ... "and perhaps, if Freud was right, serve as a way for us to get back at our fathers for some reason or another - or to compensate for certain shortcomings"

First off I love you for both of those, I died. I also applaud you for dealing with the "no brigade" (Though I agree the topic has been covered, yes, but you never know when we might find solid gold from a silly idea)

Perhaps you're going to ignore that wall of text - hell, it looks like a pain to read even for me- so I'll boil it down for you in points:

After reading almost everything on this damn thread, and laughing at people's persistence, I'll add my two cents, because you asked for it.


Balance:

-Cap ships are ridiculously underpowered for combat - this was to discourage those that would not use it for RP.

This is an entire game balance issue, change one thing and the others surpass it. It seems as though Disco has been trying this since it started and they have a good balance here for the server's needs.
BUT
There is a problem that DOES need fixing. Changing the mechanics of the game to remedy this is preferred as throwing money at the problem (in this case charging an arm and a leg) never fixes it.


Fuel:

-It's an RP server and cap ships are meant for RP, perhaps we should add in features that expand on the gameplay surrounding capship rp?

-Maybe making capships harder to get and harder to maintain ...

-Adding in mechanics that make cap ships dependent on other ships ...

RP cargo is great. I don't care what anyone else says. If you bother to purchase all sorts of random necessities for your ship power to you (and me), then you obviously care about what other people see when they scan you; IE are thinking about other's experiences. So naturally I love the idea of a required "fuel" for capital ships, it adds to the ambiance. Mox fits the bill already, but it would need to be fixed purchase location wise.
The "fuel" idea is not exactly a money sink either if we don't make it one. It would be more of an RP/time requirement: If you're low on fuel, you're done. (Leads to great ambush/support craft opportunities) It is a matter of implementation though.
However, the ammo thing is a bit of a reach. One or the other will work and I think fuel works better with Vanilla/the universe.


I'm sure I'll think of more but that is what I've got.

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