Make the Type 7 a medium ship

[Cohen the Worrior]

Really.

A multi role ship like the Python should not have the biggest cargo hold.

Has this been said before?
It needs to be repeated then.

 

[Flimley]

Only of frontier add a sun roof!

Flimley

 

[Bigmaec]

Not that I disagree, but this feels like groundhog day...

 

[nanite2000]

Yep and the Imperial Clipper.

And the Orca too.

 

[varonica]

Yep and the Imperial Clipper.

And the Orca too.

If the Clipper then the Type 9 heavy then, it's only fair!

 

[kittykatze]

It has been said before and you're damned right it needs to be repeated.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

Yes, but treble it's purchase price since for non-combat purposes it then becomes the equal of the Python.

 

[nanite2000]

If the Clipper then the Type 9 heavy then, it's only fair!

Sure, why not?

I mean, you and I have both been around long enough to know what dumb/glib argument that is, but whatever...you do you.

 

[Cohen the Worrior]

Yes, but treble it's purchase price since for non-combat purposes it then becomes the equal of the Python.

And make it more expensive than the Orca and the Clipper even?
Yeah, that would make perfect sense.

 

[AkenBosch]

Make Type-7 Medium Again.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

And make it more expensive than the Orca and the Clipper even?
Yeah, that would make perfect sense.

You see the balance problem with the suggestion then.

As a medium ship it would certainly have more use than the others as a trade ship, so this would justify a higher price.

 

[GroG79]

Just name the large pads smaller?

 

[Cohen the Worrior]

You see the balance problem with the suggestion then.

As a medium ship it would certainly have more use than the others as a trade ship, so this would justify a higher price.

And you don't see the balance problem with the current situation?
Reducing the size of the Type 7, it could lose some of its cargo hold, but not much. As it is, the price per ton of cargo hold between the Types 6, 7 and 9 is pretty much in line. Though not necessarily a straight line.

 

[PiLhEaD]

...Has this been said before?...

Yes. And it gets my vote every time.

I believe the explanation was that it's too tall for a medium pad. If the case, make it shorter. I never understood why the T7 wasn't allowed to compete with the Python.

 

[Old Duck]

I believe the explanation was that it's too tall for a medium pad. If the case, make it shorter. I never understood why the T7 wasn't allowed to compete with the Python.

OR make it possible to land on medium pads but not enter the hangar. That would still allow the Type 7 to trade, repair, and rearm at outposts. The whole "we gotta spin you around before you take off" requirement at an outpost is ridiculous, and it's the only reason the T7 can't land on a medium pad.

 

[Danieros]

This is one of the periodic threads that I certainly don't mind.

T7, Clipper, Orca. All 3 ships would fill up a vacuum for high-end medium pad ship variety that is currently a complete monopoly of the Python.

 

[Morbad]

I never understood why the T7 wasn't allowed to compete with the Python.

Because it's significantly cheaper, and cost was supposed to mean something...even did, for about the first nine months after release.

 

[znôrt]

T7, Clipper, Orca. All 3 ships would fill up a vacuum for high-end medium pad ship variety that is currently a complete monopoly of the Python.

there shall be only one apex of mediocrity!

 

[Old Duck]

Because it's significantly cheaper, and cost was supposed to mean something...even did, for about the first nine months after release.

As it should be - it's a big, empty box designed specifically for hauling. The Python is a "sexy" (depending on your tastes) Swiss Army Knife of a ship that can do just about anything. Allowing the T7 to land on a medium pad would not devalue the Python any more than my cheap SUV devalues a new Hummer.

 

[Misty_Dark]

I doubt they will redesign the existing Type-7,


What you want is the Type-7 Mk II.