RER's ideas for the Steamrunner

posted on May 5th, 2011, 6:09 pm

Well, what i've done so far with this is give both avatars two different Steamrunners though for the moment its just cost difference. I'll do a poll later as to which should get which one and which one will be the standard production Steamrunner. I have already decided that the AI gets the artillery version.

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posted on May 6th, 2011, 10:33 pm

Last edited by Nebula_Class_Ftw on May 6th, 2011, 10:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I prefer that canon ships aren't avatar-specific (no, I do not agree with the Nova and Norway being Mayson-exclusives), so I would like the Steamrunner to be an Eraudi yard ship, available at chassis level 2 to both avatars. Something so that chassis 2 is more worthwhile in the Eraudi yard.
Chassis 1 in Eraudi would also be cool, but I want to see Feds actually bother with the chassis upgrades more often.
I like the medium-ranged interceptor idea. Something with almost as much firepower as an Akira but with less defense and more speed. Maybe people who want an interceptor fleet could then finally stop using Intrepids the whole game!

As for artillery variant: Please no. That's what the Teuto (and E2 to a lesser extent) is for. An exclusively tricobalt-torpedo ship is just too much of a game-changer, the Teuto's normal torps with tricobalt special is more balanced.