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Capship nerfs - removal of cargo/addon scanner/radar extender
Currently capships are a little too good at everything this is a measured nerf as to not piss off the greater capship flying populace.
Reconnaisance capabilities should be exclusive to capships since they're supposed to be freighters/mobile bases of operations, the addon scanner makes capships capable of identifying a PCB as soon as it's within 2000km this gives the capship pilot ample time to stop using their powercell and turbo; that shit needs to go.
The cargo scanner makes capships the best ship to sit on a wormhole and selectively pick off the valuable NPC convoys doing this yields millions of credits RNG permitting; that also needs to go.
Removing the shared radar/storm extenders is a little more dubious but I'd like to see capships getting their ranged in ion storms knocked down a notch the shared group radar can stay but the fact they don't have to sacrifice any functionality to operate in ion storms is a little busted particularly since anyone in the group also gets the benefit this could be compensated by giving the dent an off center small port for a storm radar that could also be used for a forward facing PCB.
Thusly the dent gains a bit more versatility and the goliath remains the best hauler in the game.
Reconnaisance capabilities should be exclusive to capships since they're supposed to be freighters/mobile bases of operations, the addon scanner makes capships capable of identifying a PCB as soon as it's within 2000km this gives the capship pilot ample time to stop using their powercell and turbo; that shit needs to go.
The cargo scanner makes capships the best ship to sit on a wormhole and selectively pick off the valuable NPC convoys doing this yields millions of credits RNG permitting; that also needs to go.
Removing the shared radar/storm extenders is a little more dubious but I'd like to see capships getting their ranged in ion storms knocked down a notch the shared group radar can stay but the fact they don't have to sacrifice any functionality to operate in ion storms is a little busted particularly since anyone in the group also gets the benefit this could be compensated by giving the dent an off center small port for a storm radar that could also be used for a forward facing PCB.
Thusly the dent gains a bit more versatility and the goliath remains the best hauler in the game.
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The capital ship has a massive computer built from salvaged hive tech. Why wouldn't it have scanners and what not built in? It is a capital ship, not a go-kart.
Reconnaisance capabilities should be exclusive to capships since they're supposed to be freighters/
Have you seen the amount of scanners and stuff RL freighters have? All sorts of radios, gps, weather systems, and even built in radar. Why wouldn't future space variants have similar or better? For example, today, someone with binoculars can look over and see if someone with an AK-47 is in a boat trying to get close to them. The addon scanner is the future sci-fi version of that.
Currently capships are a little too good at everything
They really are not. They are slow, and they die very fast due to their minimal protections.
The capital ship has a massive computer built from salvaged hive tech. Why wouldn't it have scanners and what not built in? It is a capital ship, not a go-kart.
Reconnaisance capabilities should be exclusive to capships since they're supposed to be freighters/
Have you seen the amount of scanners and stuff RL freighters have? All sorts of radios, gps, weather systems, and even built in radar. Why wouldn't future space variants have similar or better? For example, today, someone with binoculars can look over and see if someone with an AK-47 is in a boat trying to get close to them. The addon scanner is the future sci-fi version of that.
Currently capships are a little too good at everything
They really are not. They are slow, and they die very fast due to their minimal protections.