Hi, I'm new to Vendetta but it's been a lot of fun so far, and I would like to contribute to the forums. Here's my ideas.

A few more capital ships.
I know there has been a lot of talk about this around the forums and in the news, but a lot of what the devs do is because of demand for certain things. I'm just fueling the fire here. Maybe we should have ships like the connie, but with a form of drones or fighters. I know this mechanic is pretty do-able, I mean look at the pet bots! Basically, a carrier ship. Lots or cargo space for transporting goods or having people in, and plenty of armor to take the hits.
Some new weapons.
This one is pretty straightforward. Right now, the one thing I notice is that there isn't much middle ground between the worst weapon and the best weapon. Like, when you get the Plasma Cannon HX you kinda stick with it for quite a while until you get your combat and light weapons licenses to level 3. I feel like this sort of discourages the customization to your ship. (Please don't flame me on that, just putting my opinion out there. I'm just a lowly newb anyway)
More customization.
Customization is actually pretty good in Vendetta. The only thing is that there isn't that many different slots on your ship. Light and heavy weapons are great, but also kind of don't fit the picture as expected. I kind of was expecting the heavy weapons to be like different weapon types, basically imagine that you can't fit a particle accelerator in the space of a light weapon, but it can be put into a heavy weapon slot. I feel like heavy weapons are the same as light weapons, just more damage. That doesn't put much variation on your ships.

I'll probably get a million flames, but if these are bad ideas, please tell me. I don't really know what everybody else wants.

They've been suggested a million times.

The pet bots have loads of problems that really need to be resolved. I (and other PCC members) have tried fixing a number of them with limited success... They're definitely not carrier-drone material by any means. (They can't even be ordered to dock and repair)

+1 to variety in the newbie weapons. There's a whole slew of guns that exist in the 0-3 level range and very few of them are worth using. Heck, most of the Plasma Cannon line is a *downgrade* from the free one except for the HX.

Either those guns (Plasma Mk1-3, Ion Mk1-3, maybe Phase Mk1&2) need to be improved to make them a worthwhile upgrade, or the level reqs on the Plasma HX need to be increased.

Drakon, the Large Port weapons do have a lot of exclusive features. Typically, they have much better auto-aim in addition to doing more damage. All of the good mining beams are L-port, as well as most of the good missile launchers and all of the mine launchers.

Welcome, Drakon :). It's nice to get a perspective from a new person.

I do plan to re-work the newbie ships and equipment in the near future. We definitely need a larger variety, and a spread of utility across the early levels, as well as some changes to cost.

+1 to the newb weapons issues. being a realitive newb myself I found that the plasma HD was to only one worth getting on my own better than the free one. I would also like to add a suggestion to customization. options in making it possible to up/downgrade the ship hull or customize hull type with pluses and negitives based on those customizations or even additional ship holds that could be equipped to large weapons slot to allow more cargo at expense of a weapon maybe. something to the effect that ships start as a frame that can handle a set equip mass that through hull, storage, power core, weapons, or other equipment can be thoroughly customized by the pilot. so that you might have a ship that you have given a heavy hull that can take alot at the expense of being able to equip any storage or heavy weapons. while someone else with the same frame may bequip a balanced set or even another who has equipped very little hull but large storage and weapons, etc. You could even make this a purely avail through manufacturing process as a ship building process besides just the trident. or that the parts themselves could be available at a station that allow a pilot to custom design a ship on frame to his specific need.

I hate to bring up the evil EVE, but the way they implemented their customization options is top notch; however, if VO were to go along those same lines, your ship would start to get quite pricey. Therein lies a whole plethora of new problems. Many things have been suggested in the past when it comes to "utility ports", but nothing ever goes into fruition, I think, because of all the other problems it involves. Unfortunately, I think VO lacks a lot of depth by not having those customization features.

back on topic-

+1 to more weapons and options.

Hi, I'm new to Vendetta but...

No buts, you can stop right there.

I don't understand. What's the problem?

Don't worry about it, Dr. Lecter's just a troll...