I wonder if they would consider giving the python an SLF in a betta to see if all these naysayers are right or wrong...
Give the python an SLF!
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I think you guys are blowing this out of proportion. The python isn't that great (hides).
ok, to slap on a SLF bay to the python, you need to do exactly that, mount it under the belly, doubling the ships hight, and effectively changing its look to something resembling the conda.
this will also make it to high for the medium bay, like the type7
that variant could then be named "pregnant python" or so
this will also make it to high for the medium bay, like the type7
that variant could then be named "pregnant python" or so
It's worth bearing in mind several ships have received buffs to help them stay competitive, and in some cases (FDL is a perfect example) ended up a little OP, requiring subsequent buffs to other ships (military slots).
Over the life of the game the Python has received several nerfs, and it is still an excellent ship.
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No.
No, it would be like giving the Corvette two extra small pulse turrets. Do you really think SLF's make ships OP?
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No...its has to have some drawbacks ^
I think people are using the wrong term. 'Overpowered' in this context is more shorthand for 'being able to do absolutely everything'.
It's already by far the most versatile ship in the game when you factor in medium pad ability. I don't think having one thing that it can't do is a bad thing.
Note - you'd be hard pushed to find anybody who loves the ship more than me. Of my close to 3,000 hours in the game, I've probably spent 75% of them in a Python.
Don't listen to him, they are 15% more expensive.
This is dumb, honestly.
You are telling me a Vulture should be able to fit an SLF? An ASP Scout with a Fighter? A Dolphin? How about the FAS and Dropship? The FDL?
Seriously, it takes more than just an optional rack size.
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The purpose of the fighter is to be a force multiplier.
Consider the ships that are allowed to have an SLF. Keelback, FGS, T9, Anaconda, Corvette, Cutter.
What do all these ships have in common?
Compared to the rest of the roster, they're fairly large and slow turning. They have a lot of blind spots that smaller, more agile ships can take advantage of. If a smaller ship gets into one of these blind spots and the pilot is competent enough, the larger ship cannot shake the smaller ship and the smaller ship will do incredible damage.
I myself has often enjoyed Tackling larger ships in my FAS. Pinning myself at point blank range in the blindspot where no guns can reach me to the roof of said ships. T9s were always an easy target for Tackling. And I'd deliver devastating damage in doing so.
Fighters are meant to even the playing field in this regard. If a smaller ship manages to hang out in the blindspot and focuses too long on the larger ship, a Fighter can attack with no retribution and deliver similar devastating damage. If the smaller ship responds and is force out of the blindspot to retaliate against the fighter, the fighter can draw the smaller ship out into the path of the larger ship's more devastating array of firepower.
This is called "Screening" and is pretty much the role of any and all fighter craft in this kind of warfare where ship weapons are big enough and powerful enough that fighters are just tissue paper.
Now consider the maneuverability of the Python. It has no such blind spot weakness.
It has the firepower of a Larger ship combined with the maneuverability of a fighter.
Smaller ships can always be 'on-target' where fighters and bigger ships 'trade-off' on who has the target.
The Python, if given an SLF, will have both effectively doubling it's firepower.
It's like being in a CZ and having two ships constantly attacking you at the same time. You will not survive.
THAT is why it's OP.
I agree with this.
Dilly!!! Dilly!!!
Dilly!!! Dilly!!!
This, or give it its turn rate back to compete with Chieftain and the other two.
The Python is good as it is.
