I keep coming back to this thread even though I know there won't be any significant changes to either ship, because FD have backed themselves into a corner at this point. The Explorer can't have its flight model improved, because if they do that, they invalidate the Scout. If they change the layout of the Scout's internals, they make the Explorer obsolete for anything that isn't raw jump range. They can't reduce the weight on the DBE because then the jump range goes through the ceiling, and as Ziljan says, I don't see them taking that step. About the only thing they could do at this point is fix one and delete the other, or mash them together into some sort of hybrid, and I feel if they did that it would just be a disaster.
I really wish I knew what the reluctance was to just fix the problems with the original design. They obviously didn't see the same issues we were seeing, otherwise we'd still have what the Scout is now, but now with a C4, two C3s, and two C1s. Compared to a Cobra with 3 C4s and 3 C2s, that's hardly overpowered, imo. With the Explorer, though.. to take everything that makes the Scout a good ship, whack it as hard as they could with the nerf bat, then make all the rest of the problems bigger is just... I don't even have words that can describe it.
I'm currently sitting in my Scout about 1000ly away from Wolf 406, thinking about where I want to go. I really do like this ship, and I can overlook its issues because it's fun to fly. I just can't help but lament that it was so damn close to being a really, really awesome ship. It's frustrating. Not so much because there's a blindingly obvious fix, but because they're being so damned stubborn about it. It's like shouting at a wall, and I'm not sure that's really what FD want.
It's their game, I guess.
I really wish I knew what the reluctance was to just fix the problems with the original design. They obviously didn't see the same issues we were seeing, otherwise we'd still have what the Scout is now, but now with a C4, two C3s, and two C1s. Compared to a Cobra with 3 C4s and 3 C2s, that's hardly overpowered, imo. With the Explorer, though.. to take everything that makes the Scout a good ship, whack it as hard as they could with the nerf bat, then make all the rest of the problems bigger is just... I don't even have words that can describe it.
I'm currently sitting in my Scout about 1000ly away from Wolf 406, thinking about where I want to go. I really do like this ship, and I can overlook its issues because it's fun to fly. I just can't help but lament that it was so damn close to being a really, really awesome ship. It's frustrating. Not so much because there's a blindingly obvious fix, but because they're being so damned stubborn about it. It's like shouting at a wall, and I'm not sure that's really what FD want.
It's their game, I guess.