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thundercat984
Cadet
Joined: December 31, 2005
Posts: 166
From: southern us
|  Posted: 2006-03-12 02:08
if beacons are to only be on scout ships the pres for beaconning should go way way up from what it is now. I mean some of the scouts only have beacons on them so who in there right mind would opt to be a scout were u have no chance of gaining pres only getting killed?
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Nimitz
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Joined: April 19, 2005
Posts: 141
From: Melbourne, Australia
| Posted: 2006-03-12 06:17
As midshipmans can get scouts, you'd then have masses of newbies or unsubbed players running around beaconing everyone, which would be very very very annoying.
No, I'd say either leave it as it is or increase the range and speed of beacon shots.
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Light-of-Aurora
Grand Admiral
Joined: December 01, 2003
Posts: 602
From: NJ, USA
| Posted: 2006-03-12 06:55
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On 2006-03-12 06:17, Nimitz *S2* wrote:
As midshipmans can get scouts, you'd then have masses of newbies or unsubbed players running around beaconing everyone, which would be very very very annoying.
No, I'd say either leave it as it is or increase the range and speed of beacon shots.
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@the first part lol 
@ the second part I agree, beacons should fly farther/faster!
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Crim
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: March 16, 2003
Posts: 1336
| Posted: 2006-03-12 11:09
Beacons are fine as they are..
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Quietly confident
Admiral
Joined: June 28, 2005
Posts: 215
From: Luna, Sol.
| Posted: 2006-03-12 12:56
Hmm... i agree with the frist thing.
the ICC long range scout, i think it is, has onyl one SCL for denfece and a becon. An obserdly weak ship.
But, if the pres for succesfully beconing players goes *way* up.
Then the speed and/or tracking ability of becons should go down.
So we don't have unsub's/newbies becon whoring to get Pres.
Such a change would mean that like bombing in the beta version, you'll need to learn some skill in deploying becons effectivly.
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Feralwulf
Grand Admiral
Joined: January 24, 2004
Posts: 1729
From: sitting somewhere drinking beer
| Posted: 2006-03-12 19:12
I more or less agree that Beacons should get more pres, mostly because newbies have so few options when it comes to gaining prestige.
I disagree with Beacons being restricted to scouts only, I know I'll get flamed for that, but Thats how I feel. I can see a need to fix it so that Crusiers, Dreads, etc. Spraying beacons all over the galaxy, but when your in a Dread or Crusier and would give your last 2k prestige for a beacon, and you can't brow beat a newbie to get a scout..........KEEP YOUR GRIPING OUT OF THE LOBBY......YOU asked for it.
Me personally I wouldn't mind seeing Beacon/Tractor beams/Mining Beams in a slot together, that way you can swap one useless thing for another useless thing.
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Borgie
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Joined: August 15, 2005
Posts: 2256
From: close by
| Posted: 2006-03-12 19:59
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On 2006-03-12 19:12, Feralwulf wrote:
I more or less agree that Beacons should get more pres, mostly because newbies have so few options when it comes to gaining prestige.
I disagree with Beacons being restricted to scouts only, I know I'll get flamed for that, but Thats how I feel. I can see a need to fix it so that Crusiers, Dreads, etc. Spraying beacons all over the galaxy, but when your in a Dread or Crusier and would give your last 2k prestige for a beacon, and you can't brow beat a newbie to get a scout..........KEEP YOUR GRIPING OUT OF THE LOBBY......YOU asked for it.
Me personally I wouldn't mind seeing Beacon/Tractor beams/Mining Beams in a slot together, that way you can swap one useless thing for another useless thing.
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i agree i think becons should be allowed on all ships since now with the improved cloak timer and as well as stronger armor for kluth ugto and icc need the becons to keep the luth visable longer to do damage on there ships. but thats my 2 cents
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