Buff Stellion?

[Mímir]

Ok, I haven't done any number crunching and someone into that sort of stuff can do it, but to me it seems like the Stellion Council VHF could use a buff.

Its main opponent, the Lynx, is an awesome ship. It does everything well, and there's a nice choice of guns as well for two distinctly different styles of play, making it the ultimate pvp-whore ship. Gallia is at war with everything, and their tech is supposed to in-rp be amazing so it's fair. However, the Stellion doesn't really have that air of Gallia tech at all, from flying it a few days I'd pick most of the other VHFs pitted against Gallia (Rapier, Nyx, Guardian, etc.) over it.

Maybe a buff would not only be fair in terms of PVP-balance, it could also attract players to otherwise neglected factions? I know I'd love to fly a really competitive VHF on a Maquis ID and pew all over the Taus, others would probably love to play the rebel Council if they had a very good VHF to do it in.

Opinions? Numbers that might prove me wrong? I've only the flown the ship for a few days, so I am basing this purely on my own personal experience, nothing more.

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[Fluffyball]

I agree on this once, since I have Stellion.

It would be however cool, if Council had their own Lynxes as well.

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[Nerva]

The ship did seem a bit underwhelming (compared to Lynx or Agama) when I tried it the last time but it's getting changed with the next patch:

- Stellion: Improved agility, reduced armor.

Not sure what the result of that change is going to be, but we'll see soon enough.

By the way, both the class 7 and class 8 Council weapons are pretty decent and have perfectly matching faction-specific pulses.

[Tachyon]

I've heard the opposite about the Stellion from a rather good pilot, who uses it regularly.

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[Omi]

I never liked the Stellion, myself. Something about it just never felt right - I couldn't really put my finger on why I was always doing so badly in it.

When you compare it to the Nyx (given that CR and Council fill almost the exact same gameplay niche, I feel this is a valid comparison), it's thoroughly outclassed. Hell, I'd put the Nyx on par with or slightly above the Lynx, which itself already soundly trounces the Stellion.

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[Haste]

I made a slight tweak to it for next update already. We'll see how that works out.

It's got that sort of Asco-esque shape going on, though. It's always hard to balance around that sort of thing.

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[Treewyrm]

I think the thread name is up to something... Ah, yes, here it is.

[Sanctions]

First they asked for VHF. Now they ask for it to be buffed.
It's quite good already. Ganking Stellions was hard enough during the first Friday BAG/GRN event, which proves them as nicely-shaped ones.
Councils are to be flying scrap mostly, keep that in mind and cherish what you've got.
Lynx isn't that OP also, stop praying on it already.

[Pancakes]

Stellion is ok as it is IMO, it has a favorable shape. Though I prefer Agama.

Also, you have to remember that Council has guns that sync perfectly with their shieldbusters, unlike GRN that only has the civilian technology that is synchronized.

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[Sanctions]

What would you mean by synchronization?