ideas for nova special

[Myles]

posted on May 26th, 2010, 6:39 pm

Last edited by Myles on May 26th, 2010, 7:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

the new nova is a lovely ship - thank you devs

now for my suggestion (there had to be one coming )

as it is now, any ship with photons can fire more, this basically equates to the akira and a bunch of warpins. im not sure if it effects other novas (novae?) as well.

from canon (please dont eat me yet) we see that all starfleet ships featured in fleetops carry photons. particularly we saw the sabre fire them. now i agree that the sabre doesnt deserve photons all the time. so im suggesting that when the nova uses its special on the sabre, that the sabre can fire off a few torps, just for fun. it wont really decide any battles, but would be fun.


another suggestion, the nova's special only gives photons, i can see how it could be op if it affected photons and quantums, so maybe a officer ranked nova could have its special affect quantums too, just effect them less than it does photons, don't want the eraudi vessels being too powerful.

posted on May 26th, 2010, 6:42 pm

Both sound fine to me, experience can do much.

How about
Rank 4-5 = Photons added to some ships, duration depending on rank.
Rank 6 = Quantums effected.

posted on May 26th, 2010, 7:09 pm

sounds tolerable as well, i would be happy with the devs adding either.

just to clarify, my original idea would have the effect on quantums being LESS than the effect on photons. to prevent making the eraudi yard ships being unstoppable

posted on May 26th, 2010, 10:47 pm

I think the Saber should have photons, not just as a result of a Nova being around. I'm sure it wouldn't affect balance too much to give it a torp (maybe one that loads slower than most other torps.)
The idea of affecting Quantums I like, but rank 6? Isn't that veteran rank? I would prefer that ability be given at rank 5.

posted on May 26th, 2010, 11:42 pm

Yes, why not, put the excelsior 2 special in a combo with a veteran nova. Larger number of acs torpedoes which cant miss. And youl say mayson is to powerfull again.

posted on May 26th, 2010, 11:56 pm

Yes, why not, put the excelsior 2 special in a combo with a veteran nova. Larger number of acs torpedoes which cant miss. And youl say mayson is to powerfull again.

Indeed, I agree  . Not to mention that Quantums are still pretty rare.

posted on May 27th, 2010, 12:25 am

Maybe put a cap on the affect on Quantums?

posted on May 27th, 2010, 5:08 pm

I like these ideas... right now, for the resource costs, I don't use the nova ability as much unless i'm stuck in a furball of enemy ships and need to punch above my weight class, but if you could use it to grant harder hitting torpedoes to smaller ships on a limited basis, or juice up something like a steamrunner or excelsior in pairs (great micro potential) it might change up my gameplay some.