In my opinion the Itani Valkyrie is the best fighter in the game. For the sake of balance , can each faction get a ship equally as good as the Valk. This game rocks because most folks are on an equal footing , I feel the Valk tips the balance in the Itanis favor. With this game being focused on pvp , it should hold balance in high regard , and realize that its nearly impossible to have factional ships without a big problem in ship balance. Everyone has there favorite ships and some folks feel from a rp perspective factional ships are good , but from a pvp standpoint I dont believe they are .I would much rather give everyone access to the same ships and see who has the better skills .

If you really want to see who has the better skills, have a bus fight.

The Valkyrie is "better", but all things being equal, a Vulture can certainly give it a run for its money. Also, it's my intention to create enough factional variants of ships such that specific pros and cons become more varied, and the Best Case becomes more difficult to find, or at least more dependent on use in the situation.

Actually, The valk can get a run for its money, UNFORTUNATELY, the recent inclusion of mass and weapons screwed up the balance quite a lot.

Currently, the Prometheus has been nerfed due to the sudden weight increase when you add any kind of weaponry to it.

Could we please see a rebalance of weapons soonish?

Thank you for your reply Incarnate . When I played Jumpgate , the biggest problem with the game was factional ships they where impossible to balance. It turned out to be the one thing that killed the game to me. I would rather everyone have the same tools to do the job and we see whos skill gets it done.

At least in VO most ships are common with only a few high-end factional ships and some factional variants.