4.75 Discussion

[Wrath]

Yes soup that's another basic fighter strategy, take your fighter ram the battleship at the point where its turrets have the least coverage and fire away. Because there is no mass difference you go spinning and he turns slightly....

With the right loadout I've seen someone take the 160k shield down to about 1/3 in 10 seconds with a fighter. Keep in mind he didn't even use torpedos or missiles.

If you weaken missile turrets, there won't be a way to deal with fighters. Also, if you make regular turrets stronger, battleships will be too strong vs intermediate craft: gunboats/cruisers. I think it's well balanced at the moment personally.


I would definately applaud upping the damage on the gunboat forward guns, I think it's only 800? The gun has about 1/4 of the arc of a regular weapon (which makes it semi-unique and only effective vs larger slow moving vessels. Last time I checked at least one of the cruiser forward turrets was shooting for 2.5k, that seemed about right for a that vessel size. If you bumped up the gunboat forward turrets I think we would see a slight shift in their popularity. Personally I love the gunboat, it has everything you need to take out a battleship, except more firepower. I would up the forward gun to about 1500 maybe if the cruisers are still around 2.5k. The forward gun is a tricky option at best, but very powerful against battleships.


I have fired upon just about every vessel type, save a few freighters, and every ship except the Rheinland battleship has at least 1 missile weak point. The trick is positioning yourself so the shots will land there. That being said if you therefore remove the Rheinland missile launchers that ship will be worthless as it will be a sitting duck to fighters. Not to mention I'll sell the one I have as it is difficult to dock with jumpgates, nearly impossible for tradelanes, and can't land on planets. The solution you ask? Just make the Rheinland battleship cost 100 million (or about the next highest ship +50). Don't make it weaker, just make it cost more. Anyone who bought a vessel at the lesser price can pay the difference to the admin. How's that?

As for an energy superweapon, please either make it only short range, like 300m, or make it cost a lot of energy or have a very slow projectile speed, like a torpedo. Heck, why not all 3 since it is supposed to simulate a torpedo.


As for the cloaking device, thats an admin only trick.