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The Experimentals (otherwise known as new ship ideas) |
Enterprise
Chief Marshal
Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
|  Posted: 2010-08-31 13:50
Every once in a while, someone yells about how from FA and up, we unlock fewer ships, and MA and CM in particular doing absolutely nothing.
So! Once again, someone is yelling about new ships. I propose a spin.
Simply enough, high ranked ships at lower classes. The twist? These are otherwise known as experimental ships.
These are ships that are each factions continuing advancement in warfare by trying unorthodox ship layouts to see their benefit. Or detriment.
For each faction, upon reaching the rank of FA, you will begin unlocking these ships. They may require special badges that are more difficult to aquire as well.
With this, each faction gets one experimental ship per class.
Scouts would be ranked at FA
Frigates at GA
Destroyers at M
and Cruisers at CM
There could be a possibility of an experimental dreadnaught, as well at CM, requiring many difficult badges, but I recommend against it.
These ships would be equppied in strange and quirky ways and therefore are used in unlikely and strange ways.
As an example, an experimental scout might be equipped with more engines than usual and have a tighter turn rate, have alot of sensor/beacon slots, but no weapons.
Or a frigate on UGTO might have two jumpdrives rather than one, and be equipped with a QST or two.
You get the idea.
It would be down to the Dev's (or players imput) of creativity and making surei t doesn't upset balance too much (or make other ships redundant). But otherwise an acceptable reward for those ranks.
-Ent
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Marius Falix
Grand Admiral
Joined: July 05, 2010
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From: Luyten
| Posted: 2010-08-31 13:53
i like the frig idea...
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Destroh Phaytus
Grand Admiral
Joined: August 28, 2006
Posts: 74
From: There.....RIGHT THERE!!!!
| Posted: 2010-08-31 14:06
Would it be like using the [Elite] marked ships we find in the home systems? Those have a crapton of armor and weapons...I smell OP!!!
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Bardiche
Chief Marshal
Joined: November 16, 2006
Posts: 1247
| Posted: 2010-08-31 14:13
Destroyer with ten mining beams. Go.
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Rebellion
Marshal
Faster than Light
Joined: June 20, 2009
Posts: 730
From: sol
| Posted: 2010-08-31 14:32
ICC cruiser hull with 2 ions 2 HCL's and a jd and Wh drive both equiped at the same time. 
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Talien
Marshal
Templar Knights
Joined: May 11, 2010
Posts: 2044
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2010-08-31 14:59
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On 2010-08-31 14:06, Lord Destroclees wrote:
Would it be like using the [Elite] marked ships we find in the home systems? Those have a crapton of armor and weapons...I smell OP!!!
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No, it would be more like the Pirate elites from Rogen's Rift. The home system elites are very much OP but the Pirates are pretty well balanced from what I understand, they just have odd setups like 3 engines on a Frigate instead of 2 but crappy weapon loadouts.
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Enterprise
Chief Marshal
Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
| Posted: 2010-08-31 16:35
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On 2010-08-31 14:06, Lord Destroclees wrote:
Would it be like using the [Elite] marked ships we find in the home systems? Those have a crapton of armor and weapons...I smell OP!!!
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Not that strong.
They're pretty much just standard hulls with nore unorthodox weapon sets. They would likely not have any more weapons or armor than their counterparts, or if they did, it would be balanced in some way so as to have to less reactors or something.
Think along the lines of an ICC Destroyer that fires nothing but Proton Cruise Missiles.
-Ent
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Kangaroosteak
Grand Admiral
Joined: April 03, 2010
Posts: 149
From: Somewhere...
| Posted: 2010-08-31 17:18
I'd love to have something like an experimental engy.
[ This Message was edited by: Kangaroo Steak on 2010-08-31 18:06 ]
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soberlife420
Admiral
Joined: January 29, 2010
Posts: 18
From: missouri/illinois
| Posted: 2010-08-31 18:57
how about new and improved projectile weaponry? ICC need a beef up for their weapons or at least a new gun for each faction
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Talien
Marshal
Templar Knights
Joined: May 11, 2010
Posts: 2044
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2010-08-31 19:33
We don't need new weapons, just reducing the energy use for Gauss would be plenty.
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Destroh Phaytus
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Joined: August 28, 2006
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From: There.....RIGHT THERE!!!!
| Posted: 2010-08-31 21:02
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On 2010-08-31 16:35, Saint Valentine wrote:
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On 2010-08-31 14:06, Lord Destroclees wrote:
Would it be like using the [Elite] marked ships we find in the home systems? Those have a crapton of armor and weapons...I smell OP!!!
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Not that strong.
They're pretty much just standard hulls with nore unorthodox weapon sets. They would likely not have any more weapons or armor than their counterparts, or if they did, it would be balanced in some way so as to have to less reactors or something.
Think along the lines of an ICC Destroyer that fires nothing but Proton Cruise Missiles.
-Ent
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Or something like a Corvette equipped with 1 Ion Cannon and no other weapon system? We'd never get that, but it would be fun as hell to fly around.
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Kangaroosteak
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From: Somewhere...
| Posted: 2010-09-01 01:30
Talking about experimental ships, what ever happened to the brood/krill that had shields on it?
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Fattierob
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Joined: April 25, 2003
Posts: 4059
| Posted: 2010-09-01 01:34
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On 2010-08-31 21:02, Lord Destroclees wrote:
Or something like a Corvette equipped with 1 Ion Cannon and no other weapon system? We'd never get that, but it would be fun as hell to fly around.
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Pirates had a scout with the following load out:
1x fore ion cannon
1x aux gen
1x full shield
1x jump drive
1x engine
Was funny as hell, en masse they were extremely deadly.
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