EphemeralEternity
2013-01-19 |  | E Class |  |
Apollo has recently stirred up interest in the E class, the reason why i halted the project was due to the fact that they would more than likely be only used by Miners and a few terrans, and decreasing their price tag to make them more available to other races would only make them that much better for the richer races.
Click here to see the E class proposal thread
but Apollo threw in the idea of what if we did them like we did with the UW class and tailor make their upkeep and minerals cost according to the race that has them. I`ve wanted to do this for all neutrals for quiet some time but we don`t have nearly the ship slots to make a set of neutrals per race, not even close.
but what we would have enough ship slots after doing away with light frigate and Light corrvette to do either 1 E class per race, or 2 E classes shared by race ( ie one adjusted for miner upkeep ratio .95 ish , one adjusted for viral/terran upkeep ratio .75-.8 and one adjusted for guard maru and collective. upkeep ratio.35) the only difference for each of these ships would be their upkeep and mineral cost all else would remain the same.
So the question to you is would you like to see this, remember that Light class would be deleted except lfd and it would be moved to C class and probably renamed accordingly.
if you would like to see this done which one or two of the 4 E class would you prefer, myself i`m thinking Aurora and Pulsar would probably make the best two candidates either way.
There is of course the option of leaving things as is. the initial reaction will determine if i will continue to put in the work to find happy mediums for upkeep and mineral cost and rebalancing across the board if needed |
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Zapdos
99+ day(s) ago | E Class !!! |
Brotherhood
99+ day(s) ago | We all know the idea if asking Stephen is dead end road. And i sure its a landslide in favor if implementing this, i share DrKst enthusiasm along with most others. would be nice to see this followed thru with. So many of these ideas just get givin up on would be great for a change to see action taken and this done. Worse case happens just change back to defult poopy light class we have now lol |
Apollo
99+ day(s) ago | EE was ready to convert the current light class based on votes, but got the idea of asking stephen for more sip slots, so we may not have to vote one which e class to take.....eventually |
Brotherhood
99+ day(s) ago | Been 8 months or so since first discussed, afraid its on back burner lol But they have been doing Events so i am sure they been busy, |
{DrKsT}GuArDiAn
99+ day(s) ago | Any update on this proposal? I`m super stoked about this and I hope this hasn`t been put on the back burner. |
cents
99+ day(s) ago | aurora and pulsar |
Apollo
99+ day(s) ago | @DrK, in order for each neutral ship to have different upkeep/build cost/mineral cost based on your race, we would need to create 6 different versions of each ship, and there just isnt enough ship slots to do that |
{DrKsT}GuArDiAn
99+ day(s) ago | It should be interesting to see collective and minor in battle after this neutral update. Collective will be sick and will have a better shot at dealing with guards without spamming. I think the majority of us here are all on the same page concerning this.
Everyone shouldn`t have access to a range ten ship.
Some of the designs are a little stat heavy ( hoping we can tune them down without scrubbing the whole thing)
If the E.class continues to be stat heavy compared to F.class it should be more expensive.
If upkeep for E.class is individualized per race then the same should be done for all neutrals.
I believe in balance but I would like to see this implemented. Now from a guards standpoint if I`m using neutrals I can only build up to 1/3 of my normal pr fighting range due to upkeep so if the cost of E.class is relatively the same then as cool as it would be to use it would only be fir special occasions. |
ArchAng3l
99+ day(s) ago | would love to have Aurora and Pulsar. but maybe instead of having E classes shared by race, we could have E class shared by all race with an upkeep close to the middle range.. maybe .5 to .65 upkeep ratio. This way we would not used up those precious shipslots and provide flexibility to roll out more interesting ship in GC. My 2cents. |
Renegade
Game-Admin
99+ day(s) ago | Personally I`m a fan of the Aurora. As a Terran on 3 servers I have no need of more ranged missile boats really, but I feel like my miner and viral may get some very good use out of it. The Quasar seems a bit OP, even as a paid ship, so the Nova gets my second choice.
Edited by Renegade on 2013-01-21 |
EphemeralEternity
99+ day(s) ago | Well if Quasar is chosen it will most likely be paid ship, since it was designed to be a paid ship |
Sibiriangun
99+ day(s) ago | Great idea!
I think the last two are a bit OP so my vote will go to Nova and Aurora. |
Apollo
99+ day(s) ago | I dont like the idea of each race having a 10 range ship, even if it ends up being a paid only neutral. |
Infernal
99+ day(s) ago | Quasar and nova, for variety |
wolf359
99+ day(s) ago | I would like to see the Dark Maru fade into nothingness forever and ever. But knowing that would never happen, though freeing more ship slots, my choices are:
E. Nova
E. Quasar
I think I may fall in love with the Nova lol |
fortythree
99+ day(s) ago | I like this idea, I`m often in the position where I`d like more missiles. Personnally I like the Nova and the Pulsar. I also don`t see the need for discrete versions of the ship for diffferent races. I think this would only be a significant issue if the ship were used as a spam and I can`t see these ships working as a spam. |
Slavyzz
99+ day(s) ago | Delete d maru and give me collective specific neutrals and I will be forever happy. |
American4Ministry
99+ day(s) ago | I am in favor of more and more ships to provide variety... Also, is it possible to change the upkeep of neutral ships based on the race... If so I would support having each race have a specific upkeep ratio range for their ships. Cold help virals afford their miner ships..... Or collectives and virals be able to use their captured ships instead of disbanding.... |
GalacticMercenaries
99+ day(s) ago | I like the
E.Pulsar Destroyer
E.Quasar Cruiser |
Apollo
99+ day(s) ago | I too like the pulsar and aurora |
