posted on May 30th, 2011, 2:11 pm
This currently isn't in progress, but I have a general idea on what I want it to be like.
Damage System
25 hitpoints is equivalent to a 1-megaton warhead. Most vessels won't be able to withstand this without shields.
Since most hulls can't withstand megaton warheads, the tooltips will display a shield rating instead of a defensive value. The values displayed will be:
Weapons Rating
Shield Rating
System Rating
Standard Federation photon torpedoes have a 65-megaton yield. Other photon torpedoes may have a much, much, much lower yield. Quantum torpedoes will probably have a 200-megaton yield.
Tereanan chroniton torpedoes have a 5-megaton yield. Unfortunately, they go through the shields and very few ships can withstand much more than a 1 or 2 megaton yield without shields. The Tereanans may or may not be in the initial release though. Some early-game Tereanan ships may have only kiloton warheads.
Romulan torpedoes will be around 30 to 40 megatons.
Klingon torpeodes will probably be around 30-50 megatons for some vessels, but most of them will probably be in the kiloton range.
Cardassian torpedoes will be around 25 to 35 megatons with their quantum torpedoes being around 120 megatons.
Borg torpedoes will be around 260 megatons.
I'll find a way to balance it out. Most likely through the use of special weapons, build costs and times, construction method, and a few other surprises. The Klingons will most likely be able to build multiple ships from a single yard like they do in Fleet Ops. Early-game Borg ships probably won't have torpedoes.
Early-game Tereanan ships will most likely be the most difficult to balance and most likely won't be in the initial release.
