..to start the conversation, here's what I've noticed from a few TPG escort missions:

- Connies have MUCH better turret coverage then Tridents :D :D

- I think the docking bay might need some minor tweaks.. I issued once as I was undocking (in a Vulture, though, so YMMV...)

I have yet to make one show up for a TPG escort mission.

Have you tried recently today, Rogue? They've been showing up all over the place for TPG missions. Try Dau K-10, they should have one that has a Connie.

I've only seen a single "naturally occurring" connie since the update.

And I've docked with them in a Valk, vult, and a moth, so anyone who issues on one deserves it.

From above, the Connie looks just like a Taiidan Heavy Cruiser.

http://hwshipyards.relicnews.com/taiidan/cruiser.htm

...don't you mean *this*, roguelazer?

http://hwshipyards.relicnews.com/kushan/ion_cannon_frigate.htm

Sorry...a bit off topic but..

Rogue you dead in Planetia?

Quit. I was tired of getting hammered by TheMan2 and his alliance-mates.

Um.. I was reading the stats on the Wiki. First off, it says the connie has 1000 cu. If that's true (and I don't know how they would find out as you can't own the thing..) then its crazy. If you compare the relative sizes of the behemoth and this baby, the constellation is friggin gigantic. Much larger then 10x the volume. I'm thinking maybe 40-50x as big as a moth. I understand there would be life support, engines, weapons, etc, but still. Maybe a cargo of 2500 would be more appropriate.

P.S. The Dev's opinion threads are pretty much worthless. READ: The dev's opinions are not worthless. But the threads asking for them are inane.

:)

Tamion Le Chatelier

There's living quarters for a large crew to be considered too.

I think the Constellation could make the perfect guild-owned station.

Also, the large ship stats have to be balanced to the current ships players can use.
LeChatlier: The 1000 cu figure came from incarnate.

I agree that the 1000 cu of cargo should be upped - whenever they up the armor, of course. Something with that much cargo should be a little difficult to destroy. And I'd say more than 2500 cu. 2500 should be the -minimum- ... like for an assault / carrier variant or something.

My initial reasoning for Constellation cargo capacity was 3000cu. But I was a little concerned about packing them with excessive cargo before I properly tune their defensive abilities and so on, so I just conservatively set it to 1000cu for the time being. As mentioned in the news post, these numbers are due to be tuned and tweaked as time goes on and more testing / variants come out.

When faced with the possibility of doing some innocuous thing (like setting cargo capacity) that might imbalance some unforseen area of the game, I tend to err on the side of caution, at least until there's further widespread testing.

I love having Devs with common sense.

I agree with the steady approach to development , but I too like the long term idea of making a "station" variant of the Constellation, particularly for guild ownership.

Ecka

Jex, they have enough commen sense to be good parents, in fact...

*wink*

:P