It's an odd design decision
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More crew I'm guessing.
I admit there seems to be little parity but I suppose it's a 'gamey' thing.
I admit there seems to be little parity but I suppose it's a 'gamey' thing.
A bigger ship is going to need a bigger life support system to keep it going, a little eagle is basically just an oxygenated cockpit lifesupport wise while a conda or cutter has multiple bridges, observation decks and other pressurised rooms so it naturally needs a bigger life support suite.
For sensors I imagine a bigger ship needs more sensors on more parts of the ship so it can get a full 360 degree sensor view
For sensors I imagine a bigger ship needs more sensors on more parts of the ship so it can get a full 360 degree sensor view
I get what your saying but on a baseline exploration Anaconda the sensors weigh more than all other internal modules combined.
http://coriolis.io/outfit/anaconda/...------3h1111-----482i2f.AwRj4yVTjqxA.Aw18ZlA=
So yeah, I guess I can see it from both sides, maybe it's just a balance thing but it is irritating.
I get what your saying but on a baseline exploration Anaconda the sensors weigh more than all other internal modules combined.
http://coriolis.io/outfit/anaconda/...------3h1111-----482i2f.AwRj4yVTjqxA.Aw18ZlA=
So yeah, I guess I can see it from both sides, maybe it's just a balance thing but it is irritating.
Sensors is probably the most gamey one but when you've outfitted the ship with parts meant for little fighters you can't really be surprised when the sensors weight the most
Considering how big the ship is though I'm not surprised the avionics weigh so much
Or at least 3 modern cars.
Honestly, with auto manufacturers finding new and imaginative ways to make cars as heavy and unwieldy as possible, it wouldn't surprise me if what is essentially a laser thermometer (heat based sensors remember) would be the size of an 18 wheeler in 1000 years.
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they made a graph with math and just implemented a scaleable module system into the game. 256 birds with 1 stone.
....using 1980's ideas of tomorrows world of course. By this scaling, a microwave would be the size of an average 2 storey car park and only cook half a chicken in 5 hours
From what I understand:
Life support is heavier on larger ships, because there is more space to fill with oxygen.
Sensors are heavier on larger ships, because sensors are a 360 degree thing. There are small sensor nodes on the hulls of our ships, and larger ships have larger hulls, meaning more nodes. Even if the node sizes are standardized, it will take many more for a Type 9 than a sidewinder.
Finally, it is a balancing mechanic. I should note that I don't particularly like it, and believe that all ships should have a minimum of 20ly jump range while in a combat configuration, but that's neither here nor there.
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Not exactly a good analogy, the AN/APG-68 retrofitted to F-16s gives a roughly 185 mile radar range, but they do prefer to not use it since that's announcing to the entire neighborhood that they are around and not in a pleasant mood. ("Scan detected!") The radar on an E3 has about a 250-mile range. The difference in capability is not exactly reflected by their scale.
45ly max jump range, wew lad, I'm glad thats not in the game.
....using 1980's ideas of tomorrows world of course. By this scaling, a microwave would be the size of an average 2 storey car park and only cook half a chicken in 5 hours
I still have one of those microwaves
Yeah, I thought the weight reduction might have increased the range a bit more than that. But the extreme exploraconda is a ridiculous design anyway. It seems a bit silly that a ship the size of a Conda is able to function with a powerplant designed for a Sidewinder.
Yes, but it has a range of 5.76km!
The problem might be that the game really doesn't give you a sense of scale until you make an effort to find it out.
An Anaconda is half the size of a modern aircraft carrier. It's actually bigger than most luxury cruise ships. It's one of those ships that doesn't have a cockpit, it has a fully functioning bridge. An Anaconda likely needs a crew of at least 50 to function correctly at a very bare minimum.
I will say that life support makes sense to me, sensors do not. At least not in the scale they are. I can imagine sensors needing some extra mass on a bigger ship, but only a couple of extra tons at the most.
An Anaconda is half the size of a modern aircraft carrier. It's actually bigger than most luxury cruise ships. It's one of those ships that doesn't have a cockpit, it has a fully functioning bridge. An Anaconda likely needs a crew of at least 50 to function correctly at a very bare minimum.
I will say that life support makes sense to me, sensors do not. At least not in the scale they are. I can imagine sensors needing some extra mass on a bigger ship, but only a couple of extra tons at the most.