Anyways, well i consider that if we're to add ships, than its better they will be only fighter and freighter class. I think(after re-reading my previous post) that we have enough BS and the ones we have are cool(original is always the best) and I don't think that any cap. ships are to be added.
But about fighters its something else: lets say that the X-wing is more into the Fl univerce than the Marsflier(actually when i did come back from a 2 mounths "rest" I was surprised to see a ship like that here).
And again for the STARCRAFT(not startrek) ships - again focus on fighters, basically the Wrath. I think this ship is going to be a really nice addition to the Discovery mod(re-watched the original Starcraft videos from the terran campaign(the attack on the confederence platform and the tv speech of .... forgot his name, but there was enough fleet shown).Problem is i don't know if there are good models of it.
And another idea: can't the armor upgrades be made with fixed bonus to the hull? Like level 5 armor upgrade to add 4000 hull pionts? And there to be a different classes of armor upgrades-like the shields-for fighters,freighters , cap. ships? Beacuse now a BS with VII upgrade is more than 1.2 million hitpoints. And honestly 15 minutes of firing and dodging is quite tiring(not to mention that 1 sec out of focus and youre dead).I mean the max hp that a bs should have is not much than twice its original hull.
And another idea - some kind of shield booster and generators. Again shield booster might add hit pionts, the generators shield recarge and stuff. Maybe a few different types of shields with, lets say a big regen. rate but smaller compacity.
Just an idea... to shake and individualize things up.
(And to arguments like "it's not from FL univerce" aren't gonna be in place here.I'm pretty sure the guys in Digital Anvil have had Ideas like that, but stopped at the more acceptable and accessable way to the mass customer - no difficult to understand stuff. Well i think that 3 years after FL saw the world its time to make things like most of the space sims have done them decades ago.)
Of cource that will need extencive testin'-but thats what are we all here for.
And if some1 has ideas about new guns feel free to post.
Oh one last thing.I have sayed it b4 a long time: BS' are big ships-they should have torpedos.Don't you think? Serveral torpedo mounts(with ammunition needed) will spice up things a lil bit. And whats that world where lil' fighters have big guns , but the real kings of the battle don't? A torpedo mounts are nessesarry for the big ships.And not to mention that CM and mine droppers are needed too. A big and slow bs has no other way of avoiding homing projectiles than trying to shoot them-thats stupid. A CM is a needed attribute.All these improvements will make battles even more intensive and interesting(not to speak logicall). And Attacking a BS will require more than a good stand-alone fighter - this will improve team play and the usage of various classed ships for an assault or defence(oh and A cap class ship should have a bigger ammunition stock-the new mounts should be standard like fighter ones-no unlimmited ammo like the missle turrets-this will add the need for more $$$ to maintain a BS, but heck who sayed a whole BS is cheap to maintain?)
And b4 i put the fullstop on this long post I must say that StarLancer is the predessesor of FL-and there the cap ships have torpedoes.Think about that b4 saying that my BS ideas are ilogical(and try to find some examples of your own).
Then again these all things maybe will be immposible to include in the next version, but I'm looking forward for them to be included over time in the versions to come...
I want to thank all the Discovery mod community for giving me the tribune to talk and a place where I can play one of my favourite games of all my life, a place where I can imagine as much I can and want, to every1 who read this long and borig post, to Digial Anvil and Microsoft for making of the game and letting it be moddable , so it can live through time. Peace!
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"Comm. Adama:
-Starbuck whadda 'ya hear?
Starbuck:
-Nothing but the rain sir!
Comm. Adama:
-Then grab your gun and bring in the cat!
Starbuck:
-Boom , boom , boom!"
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My characters: - =BSG=Starbuck ; Maj. Kara Thrace(fighter pilot)
- =BSG=Galactica ; Commander Lee Adama(Battlestar)
- =BSG=Helo ; Lt. Karl Agathon (bomber)
- Colonial 795 (trader)
