Diamond in V3, a few thoughts about it

posted on December 16th, 2008, 8:24 pm

Looking at the Diamonds stats in V3 feels a bit strange. On one hand the ship is too strong, on the other hand the ship is too weak. Confused? Explanation:
Too strong because: Bring order to chaos is insanely powerful for a ship costing about as much as 3 Sovereigns. A few of Diamonds combined with a few firepower cubes make short work of enemy fleets.
Too weak because: (While the following things are OK at the current unit price, they seem strange compared with the extreme strength of order to chaos.) The Diamond has long weapons range, but it can't do any significant damage, effectively reducing it to a pure support vessel. Also the ship is not able to take a lot of damage.

A suggestion:
Make the ship more expensive, (at least two times as expensive). Leave the special abilities as they are while increasing firepower and hitpoints.

After playing V3 for about 20 hours with(out) pauses thats my only little suggestion.
Does anyone agree at least partially? 

posted on December 16th, 2008, 8:38 pm

just tried the diamond in one match. i think its okay as it is, cause i would only use it as a support vessel. the borg got enough damagedealers (especially with the right module combination).

posted on December 16th, 2008, 9:33 pm

Doesn't it cost a lot more than 3 soveregeins (with all upgrades)