So i'm going trough all the noob stuff again for an alt and i though since both the ec98/101 and the centurion become available after the testing mission and the cent is far superior to the "basic fighter variant" it should get a second port with a slight nerf in armor/cargo space.

since when you start the game you go the combat route or the trader route *or both* you take the cent if you want to fight and the 101 if you want to trade but that leaves the 98 pretty damn useless...

FYI the EC 89 is a stock ship the 98 could be a tad bit better.

No. It's called a stock ship for a very good reason. It's cheap as ass in America.

then it could be removed from the game altogther because its really a useless ship...

The 98 is lighter weight. What we need is an EC with a large port.

the EC 98 is 200kg lighter than the centurion but it only has 150 thrust compared to 210

http://vo-wiki.com/wiki/Centurion
http://vo-wiki.com/wiki/EC

the EC is way way waaaay shitty compared to the centurion... it should have two weapon ports since its got a worse profile and its got 140N of thrust for boost and normal maneuvering...

a basic fighter variant should be a basic fighter not some useless ninneh ship...

But then the 107 isnt special any more.

god dammit spidey

But then the 107 isnt special any more.

Well, technically speaking the EC-101 Mk.II and EC-101 Type B also have two small ports, but they are, like the EC-107, specialty variants.

At any rate, the EC-98 is the starter ship. Its supposed to suck (else, where would be the incentive to get anything better?).

No, the real problem is that there are so many damn EC variants. Generally, by the time you have access to any of them, they're long since rendered obsolete by...well, everything. The exception is, of course, the EC-107, but its a novelty ship anyway.

"At any rate, the EC-98 is the starter ship. Its supposed to suck(else, where would be the incentive to get anything better?)."

OP is pretty much destroyed by this statement.

and what if it gets one Lport only, instead of 2 Sports?

that works too. but there are no lvl 0/0/1 guns cept for the stingray...

Well clearly we need to make some. Anything that I can do as a endgame-level character I should be able to do with a 0/0/0/0/0 in a free ship, right? It's simply balance.

"At any rate, the EC-98 is the starter ship. Its supposed to suck(else, where would be the incentive to get anything better?)."

Precisely. Not all ships actually need to be good. I really doubt that newbs won't use them anyways, because newbs are stupid like that.

"and what if it gets one Lport only, instead of 2 Sports?"

No. There is no need or reason for the EC to have a large port. The game's progression for newb leveling means you get to use heavy weapons after you've proven your skills with lighter ones. I don't see any reason this should change.

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I think a newb L-Port weapon would be nice, and has been requested before. A bus with a single L-port would also be fun, for bus wars.

My CHF 0.02

Just give us the superbus...