Pilot Archive

Message Edited by MoktokShrah on 11-16-2004 02:17 PM

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Loki_Ashaman wrote:

Very excellent points. If it takes this many people to effectively use these ships in combat, well... then they should be effective in combat.

One question on the MP ships, I've never flown in one, but does each turrent have its own capacitor - or do they draw off the same one?

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• Add 2000 Shield to a Master Multiplayer ship it get a 100% increase and becomes 4000 sheild.


• Armor doubles as well.


• Reactor/Capacity get a 100% bump or 50% or 25%. (balancing)


• Weapons....I would say a they remain the same with no PvP reduction. They can kill fast with these already.


• Missles are the same power but a 10 pack counts as 20 in the ship. Ammo doubles.

These are simple additions/changes and most likely already built into the game. (ie PvP reductions, etc)

The key is adding more Survivabilty to these ships.

Simply double the Armor and Shields and leave everything else the same. That would do wonders for the ships.

Message Edited by CarissaLeigh on 11-16-2004 05:04 PM

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Legendator wrote:

One more thing. Make it so when you fire certain weapons in the turrits so it doesn't flash the whole screen. I have only incountered this with the newest weapon installed on our ship. Ion cannon i beleive.

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cknoos wrote:
Standing in the rain smoking a cigarette after lunch I had a few thoughts about the multiplayer ships and their usefulness (or lack thereof).

Currently to fully crew a VT-49 Decimator (I'm Imperial, but I assume this holds true for all three variants), you need a pilot, co-pilot and 2 gunners at the very minimum. Add to this at least one, but preferably more engineers for in-ship repairs. Nominally, six to seven people. At best, this ship is still only capable of damage output comparable to that of a high-end fighter (Oppressor, B-Wing).

I would like to see a few changes/additions to this, namely:

* Turbo Laser Weaponry. Super sized versions of star fighter weapons really, only mountable on the three multiplayer ships. Why? Simple, at the moment, there is at no time when 6 TIE advanced can't out damage a fully crewed Decimator, the difference in absolutely staggering. This is a small capital ship; it needs to have some serious teeth. These weapons would ideally have a longer range than standard weapons, and of course do more damage per shot. To prevent three people from making suicide runs, require the pilot's seat and operations seat to be manned, in order for the heavier weapons to function properly, this would at least require 4 people, albeit with no engineering available.

* Heavier Reactor and shield generator. Again, even with the best equipment currently available, its armor and shield rating are just slightly above that of a high-end fighter craft. In addition to which it presents a very nice, big juicy target which is largely defenseless because of the fighter-class weaponry it's equipped with.

* Ability to reload tubes/countermeasures from the inside. This is one feature I'd really like to see on these ships, it makes perfect sense to be able to reload these launchers from the inside. This would also give the engineers something more to do, making their jobs more important.

* Ability to repair all components, as well as armor, from the inside. Again, just as with the above point, it makes sense and would give the ship a slight edge over fighters. This would of course also fall on the engineering staff.

* External Repair/Reload Capability. One of the potential uses of these craft would be act as FARPs (Forward Area Rearming Points), where your fighter screen can return for quick touch-ups and reloads of counter-measures. Ideally it would take some time to perform these, say 30 seconds for repairs, and 30 seconds for reloads, to avoid a potential invulnerable flight. During the operation, the fighter(s) would be unable to fire their weapons. This could easily be accomplished by requiring the fighter to /dock, which renders it defenseless throughout the operation.

* Make Operations a -LOT- more useful. Currently all this person does is issue droid commands; while novel it gets boring quickly. Offer more duties for this person, such as the ability to fire the forward facing torpedo tubes, chaffs etc.

* More powerful instruments. On the bridge (at least on the Decimator) one can see the spiffy looking holo-projectors, these are of course just background, but the idea is sound. There could be a third seat on the bridge, called either communications or radar operator. Ideally this position could tag targets for gunners, call out incoming threats to the gunners and operations staff.

* Engineering stations. Whoever is on-duty as ship's engineer needs a clearer view of what components are damaged, and where on the ships plasma leaks are occurring. There should be an engineering station, where one can get a quick overview of the ship's status and where help is currently needed (if any).

In closing, a fully crewed multiplayer ship should have the same offensive/defensive power as the combined power of its crew in individual fighter craft. At the moment, the ships prevail because of the sheer coolness factor, but once that wears off and you need raw stopping power, it becomes obvious that the multiplayer ships are not up to snuff combat-wise. I've had a lot of fun with this ship so far, myself and my guild-mates enjoy it immensely, but when it comes time to do the shooting business, it takes a backseat and we all take our fighter craft. I would really like to see these are viable combat options.

Just my $0,02.

-Stasos / Lowca
Imperial Ace since 11/02

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Message Edited by Skuzz on 11-27-2004 10:32 PM

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