Discovery mod v.4.79 bugs&suggestions

[Kane]

I think i'm in agreement that some of the bigger ships need some equipment, such as Countermeasures, mines, and possibly torps. The torps would have to have some disadvantages however, like being really slow and have zero tracking ability, or little turning ability, or something along those lines.

Now, with the fighters becomeing obsolete, there isn't much danger there. The Battleship, while possibly never quite able to get that annoying fighter, shouldn't be considered just a traget. Battleships are the terror of the void in any Sci-Fi series/movie/game/comic. Hence, why i'm distressed that the Battleship is just a big target to any ace pilot with Novas.

However, all this power comes at a pirce; the Battleship is slow, handles with all the grace and agility of a brick, and is enormous. They're restricted to tradelanes, planets, and stations, with all other places becoming unaccessable to them. This is where cruisers come in, generaly able to get into those asteroid fields and scrap yards the battleships are barred from (unless you like bouncing for 20 minutes then getting hopelessly stuck).

I guess my main problem is that any single fool with Novas can take down a battleship. Notice, single. You would need at least a wing or two of fighters to take one on, much less down (wings being around 4 or 5 fighters)! So, if anything could be done to make it impossible if not suicidal to take on a Battleship (possibly cruiser) single handedly, I think I would be ok.

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