posted on January 6th, 2012, 8:14 pm
Redshirt wrote:While you feel that the context I quoted you in earlier was incorrect, it wasn't; you were saying that the Danube wouldn't effect the balance. Now, when you consider how easily, the balance in FO shifts with a new addition, that makes a salient and substantial point against the existence of an extraneous small ship: namely, that it is extraneous.
I wouldn't mind DS9 building Danubes... provided that it doesn't interfere with bigger and better things.
First the Danube is insignificant and now it's the sole thing which tips the balance in favor of the federation. Gotta give you credits for trying all angles.
It's not going to fly though.
Even at best the Danube will be a low level addition, a generalist which may certainly be useful but unless you make it a mini defiant it will not be a game breaker. It's reaching, trying for yet another argument against.
In the lower range where Runabouts would be used other races have significant advantages and breaking the balance with a small vessel between a scout and saber could, barring extreme stats, not be further from the truth.
Contrary what you seem to think, this section is for ideas and suggestions. We can briefly discuss pro/con but any balance discussion before a unit/feature is introduced is foolish.
I can see usage for Danube style vessels as adaptable vessels. Refit for ECM, refit for supply gathering, refit for looting enemy miners, refit for scouting (little more durable, no cloak detect?)
So far all I've seen from you is, forgive my language, bitching about shuttles and a proposed reduction in hit rate for beam weapons solely because you believe it'll make FO too similar to Star Wars. If you feel that way, say so in your first post and from that point forward either shut up or try to make constructive posts. All I've seen here is complaining and not one real constructive post.
