Post by drspendlove on Apr 28, 2019 13:22:22 GMT -5
I think the game could do with a second ship for starting at D class. The non-Scout Cutter ships of its same mass are far too powerful, except perhaps the Dart Jammer. Here's my idea, based off of the Scout Cutter Base. I'll list Scout Cutter stats for a baseline.
Scout Cutter | Proposed New Ship
2,400 mass | 2,400 mass
190k credits | 190k credits
2 large slots | 2 large slots
3 medium slots | 3 medium slots
900 hull | 925 hull
12 Armor | 13 Armor
12 Shields | 11 Shields
4 Officer max | 4 Officer max
24 Crew max | 24 Crew max
?? Fuel bonus | same
Large Components:
Balanced Engine | Balanced Engine
Cargo Hold 2 | Cargo Hold 1
Medium Components:
Bridge 1 | Bridge 1
Barracks 2 (18/24 crew) | Barracks 2 (18/24 crew)
Basic HW Drive | Basic HW Drive
Small Components:
Level 1 Torpedo x2 | Sensor Array 1 x2
Level 1 Railgun | Level 1 Railgun
Level 1 Plasma Cannon | Level 5 Railgun
Pilot Assist Module 1 | Defense Matrix 1
Weapons Locker A1 | Weapons Locker A2
Mass Dampener Level 1 x2 | Mass Dampener Level 1 x2
Passenger Cabin | Passenger Cabin
Officer Cabin x2 | Officer Cabin x2
Differences and Justifications:
Worse Shields
Better Armor
Tiny amount of additional hull (This is a specialty light warship, so a little extra may be a nod to that.)
Worse Cargo Hold
No range 5 weapons but instead has ultra-accurate dual Railguns, one of which is a level 5 Railgun! This is made so accurate by the twin Sensor Arrays. The theme of this weapon should be around blasting holes in ships from mid-range with its high-power dual weapons and nothing else. The distortion fields that are likely to follow are a large part of survival for this ship. Also the electronics meta gives this ship enough defense to battle larger craft with some effectiveness. But if it takes hits, especially to that high-power railgun, it had better find a way to escape or it's all over.
A Pilot Assist Module is replaced with a Defense Matrix 1. This bonus will actually shine a bit more versus other small ships with the way the bonus defense % is additive instead of multiplicative. In any event, it solidifies the strategy around using electronics to predict and address enemy attacks. It is more vulnerable to deep space piloting events though!
The weapons locker is upgraded to level 2 because I imagined we'd have a tiny bit of money left over but if I'm mistaken, just take this back down to level 1.
Scout Cutter | Proposed New Ship
2,400 mass | 2,400 mass
190k credits | 190k credits
2 large slots | 2 large slots
3 medium slots | 3 medium slots
900 hull | 925 hull
12 Armor | 13 Armor
12 Shields | 11 Shields
4 Officer max | 4 Officer max
24 Crew max | 24 Crew max
?? Fuel bonus | same
Large Components:
Balanced Engine | Balanced Engine
Cargo Hold 2 | Cargo Hold 1
Medium Components:
Bridge 1 | Bridge 1
Barracks 2 (18/24 crew) | Barracks 2 (18/24 crew)
Basic HW Drive | Basic HW Drive
Small Components:
Level 1 Torpedo x2 | Sensor Array 1 x2
Level 1 Railgun | Level 1 Railgun
Level 1 Plasma Cannon | Level 5 Railgun
Pilot Assist Module 1 | Defense Matrix 1
Weapons Locker A1 | Weapons Locker A2
Mass Dampener Level 1 x2 | Mass Dampener Level 1 x2
Passenger Cabin | Passenger Cabin
Officer Cabin x2 | Officer Cabin x2
Differences and Justifications:
Worse Shields
Better Armor
Tiny amount of additional hull (This is a specialty light warship, so a little extra may be a nod to that.)
Worse Cargo Hold
No range 5 weapons but instead has ultra-accurate dual Railguns, one of which is a level 5 Railgun! This is made so accurate by the twin Sensor Arrays. The theme of this weapon should be around blasting holes in ships from mid-range with its high-power dual weapons and nothing else. The distortion fields that are likely to follow are a large part of survival for this ship. Also the electronics meta gives this ship enough defense to battle larger craft with some effectiveness. But if it takes hits, especially to that high-power railgun, it had better find a way to escape or it's all over.
A Pilot Assist Module is replaced with a Defense Matrix 1. This bonus will actually shine a bit more versus other small ships with the way the bonus defense % is additive instead of multiplicative. In any event, it solidifies the strategy around using electronics to predict and address enemy attacks. It is more vulnerable to deep space piloting events though!
The weapons locker is upgraded to level 2 because I imagined we'd have a tiny bit of money left over but if I'm mistaken, just take this back down to level 1.
