Topic: Idea for SSIII (almost certainly will start a flame war . . .)

[Dizzy]

Would anyone seriously object to a F-NCD with a 100% HET? It's still just a droner, and one with an inferior power curve to the D5D. We're only talking about balancing mission times here.

Are you insane? If you do that you mise well give all the Feds a 100%. Hell lets give the lyrans the same too.

[762_XC]

Why compare it to the MDC, when the Kzin have 3 droners that are better? The D5D is more apt.

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Why compare it to the MDC, when the Kzin have 3 droners that are better? The D5D is more apt.

Several reasons the main being that I know Mirak best.  The second that the MDC is the mirak light cruiser drone boat.  The third being that to make it more comparable to the D5D by giving it a 100% HET would be offset by the losing of 2 shuttles and the downgrading of the phaser 1s to phaser 2s and 3s.  A Fed ship with phaser 2s seems a bit silly to me so I went with the MDC. 

I had one more reason as well, I wanted to see if you wanted the HET enough to be willing to give up the 2 points of power.  This makes the ship a bit less for PvP purposes but does little to hurt its ai hexflipping ability. 

[762_XC]

PvP? 

OMG, who the hell talks about PvP for a droner? LOL that's funny.

<chuckle> Look, it's very simple. With the current setup the K Z G L side will have the four best flippers in the game. I'm suggesting one minor change to the #5 ship that will not affect its PvP (snicker) ability in the slightest, but put it more on a par with the #4 ship for mission times.

I'll let Jeff decide if it makes sense or not.

[FPF-DieHard]

What about the CLD?   The ship has 0 PvP viability.

I personally don't think any change is needed though I'm wondering how much longer this thread can continue before:

A.  t00l dies of a stroke
b.  Chutt dies by suffocating on his own bullsh!t   

[Hexx]

Well any change to a Fed droner will make it completely outclass the best Lyran
flipper, so I don't know... t00l are you sure it's OK to balance one ship from race A
against ships from races B & C if it outclasses ships from race D?

BTW
Anyone (and I assume someone does) knows which ship and fighter list Jeff's are based on?

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

PvP? 

He who flies in a glass  Lord Bipshop should not be casting stones at the Z-DF.   

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

What about the CLD?   The ship has 0 PvP viability.

I personally don't think any change is needed though I'm wondering how much longer this thread can continue before:

A.  t00l dies of a stroke
b.  Chutt dies by suffocating on his own bullsh!t   

Option C.  t00l realizes it isn't needed
Option D. Dizzy presses his lobby for the Lyran BCHs to get a HET too.

[Hexx]

Option D. Dizzy presses his lobby for the Lyran BCHs to get a HET too.

I see no game-breaking issue with this.
Anyone have any good reason it shouldn't?

[Mutilator]

Option D. Dizzy presses his lobby for the Lyran BCHs to get a HET too.

I see no game-breaking issue with this.
Anyone have any good reason it shouldn't?

Only one. Why was this not thought of sooner?... and really why stop at 100 after years of HET oppression on the Lyran BCHs I think a 120 or 135 base would be a rather refreshing change   

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

<Waits for t00l's head to exploded at thought of 100% HET for Lyran BCHs>

 

[Lepton]

Slippery slope.  Some things, check that, most things should stay as they are with respect to SFB source materials.