Battleships-POWER UP!

[Friday]

OOO, what does this mod do?

And it seems everyone who says "learn to fight in a bomber or a gunboat... blah blah blah..." it could aslo be about the rp, not all about the pvp, some people might like to be a command-ship for a fleet of ships, buffing cap-ships wouldnt be bad, groups of bombers, cruisers, VHF, gunboats would still take them out, but it would last longer, it would be more fun, and flaming to the people who like to rp in the cap-ships or like to fly them isnt going to solve a monkeys uncle now is it? Maybe your the ones who cant rp in the cap-ships and only like to keep things small...

I like the idea of it, would be nice to be able to not be scared of 1 or 2 ships, instead being scared of a whole division of ships, seems more rp to me

It enables any ship to steer using the keyboard whilst in turret view. As such it increases the defence of larger vessels (as opposed to increasing their offense). I wont give the link as it is not an approved mod and therefore illegal to use on the server.

Devs havent come out for or against it - its a case of weighing up the balancing that may be required for its implementation. Personally, I maintain the improvement in skill-based gameplay is worth the effort to rebalance - it is simply more fun and challenge using the mod.

Applied to Battleships - the mod means that bombers and cruisers would have to get in closer to ensure their shots hit the target - as a BS pilot could start steering out of the way of a SNAC or Mortar shot as soon as they see it - whilst firing back at the enemy all the time.

Applied to Cruisers, Gunboats and Transports - they can more effectively rotate any blind spots the ship has away from enemies - whilst being better able to present their 'good side' (the side with the most guns) to the enemy. And again they gain a defensive improvement in being able to dodge and shoot at the same time, from any angle.

Personally - I love this mod because of what it can do for Freighters...

It would also let the Devs play around with different turret configurations - things like broadside firing would be much more feasible in game, and some ships can be configured for that kind of fighting, in stead of the traditional joust.

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