Battleship thrusters

[Jinx]

but how many roleplaying battleship players do we know that can afford escorts that actually ESCORT the ship - in peacetimes

i know its easy to get escorts when you almost certainly expect combat - but not expecting combat means - you can hardly get someone to fly along with you ... risking 1-2 hours of nothing but chat ( and if its even worse - chat via PM )

THOSE are the roleplaying battleships

battleships logged on for faction battles are not roleplaying in my opinion they are used for balance and enviroment - but they are not continously roleplaying a character as such ( doesn t apply to every faction warship that is mostly taken out for combat )

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[Switchback]

*cough* BS escorts are a myth *cough*

nope. Some factions require escorts for battleships to even be flown.

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[Vexykin]

No,

Have a pair of Fighters always with ya, or Gunboats...

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[Prysin]

And again jinx has a fair point. This server hardly is about RP anymore, untill .86 comes out, its either PVP or nothing... its actually quite true.

Some factions require.

Some factions require you to have a certain rank to fly a bomber.

Some factions require you to never bring out caps unless in diplomacy or event situations.

Do not bring factions into a non-faction discussion. THIS IS NOT ABOUT FACTION SHIPS, THIS IS ABOUT THE SHIPS THEMSELVES, NOT WEATHER RM/LN CAN BRING THEIR CAPS OUT WITHOUT ESCORT OR NOT.

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[VoluptaBox]

PvP=RP.

[Rommie]

You're the one who asked for examples.


Basically, in Freelancer you need to have escorts with you, if you want to avoid ganking, or other unfortunate things.

Giving Battleships thrusters will make them overpowered.

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[NonSequitor]

This is the way I understand it:

BS = 1 player

bomber = 1 player

Basically, the odds are always set against the side with lesser numbers. So if 1 BS player runs into 4 bombers (each controlled by 1 player), it's considered reasonable that the BS gets blown to tiny, tiny pixels. Most folks wouldn't like having a vessel in game, controlled by 1 player, that was capable of consistantly wiping out multiple opponents with ease.

If BSes were buffed somehow into the avatar of doom that they would most likely be, you'd need considerable more snub craft to take one out.

There are other schools of thought, as you have already noticed, that appeal to relatively amorphous concepts like "BSes need escorts, cuz the people with the cool signatures said so", "BSes are for weenies who can't PvP in anything smaller" and "You need fine-tuned RP skills in order to handle the immense responsibility needed to pilot a BS".

But I think the real reason is related to gameplay.

[Mao]

Wait, wait... I like the idea. Give BSs thrusters but to use them, they drain the shield bats and bots... ^_^ How 'bout that?

Edit:

This server hardly is about RP anymore, untill .86 comes out, its either PVP or nothing... its actually quite true.

What makes you think that in .86 we will see more RP than we have now?

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[SeaFalcon]

Barge cant fly faster then 260 m/s in cruise, 320 if in group

Then I think Battleships should have the same :cool:

[Prysin]

Edit:
What makes you think that in .86 we will see more RP than we have now?

Whenver there is something new, it creates roleplay situations.

This thread is beyond on topic now. Askin mods to close it

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