Hi all comanders i was just wondering if us who play the game should have the opportunity to design al least one new ship this year coming even if frontier say what the modules sizes are so there not over powered or should we leave it to frontier to decide all of the games ships
Ships Should Comanders have a say in designing a new ship?
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If we put the community in charge of designing a new ship we will just end up with an invincible FDL MkII that will spend the next 12 months getting nerfed repeatedly. 
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No.
Player input would just lead to one of two things, both equally bad.
1. A ship so grossly OP that it makes everything else pointless.
2. FD ignores the community and builds a perfectly balanced ship, but get hate for ignoring the community.
On ship design, FD, and only FD, should have any input.
Player input would just lead to one of two things, both equally bad.
1. A ship so grossly OP that it makes everything else pointless.
2. FD ignores the community and builds a perfectly balanced ship, but get hate for ignoring the community.
On ship design, FD, and only FD, should have any input.
Yeah, players are... Yeah... Players should suggest to the sorts of ships they want to see, and the traits they value. The actual specs should be left to FD.
Just no!
I played and modded Freelancer several years back and even in a comparatively simple game ship and weapon balance was extremely difficult to achieve, in ED with it's hugely more complex ship and weapon mechanics the average player wouldn't have a clue (self included!)
Ship exterior design and paint schemes/logos could have input from the community but not the ship performance parameters.
I played and modded Freelancer several years back and even in a comparatively simple game ship and weapon balance was extremely difficult to achieve, in ED with it's hugely more complex ship and weapon mechanics the average player wouldn't have a clue (self included!)
Ship exterior design and paint schemes/logos could have input from the community but not the ship performance parameters.
lol..
Trade capacity 2x of a Cutter
firepower of an Anaconda
maneuverability of an Eagle
fits on a small landing pad lol
Oh and a jump range of 1000ly
Fuel tank *might* be compromised so that you can get maybe 40 or 50 jumps instead of 100. I mean we have to give Frontier something back right?
-K
Trade capacity 2x of a Cutter
firepower of an Anaconda
maneuverability of an Eagle
fits on a small landing pad lol
Oh and a jump range of 1000ly
Fuel tank *might* be compromised so that you can get maybe 40 or 50 jumps instead of 100. I mean we have to give Frontier something back right?
-K
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
The aged anecdote goes something like: "If the functional requirement of a horse is given to a committee to design, the result is a camel."
No.
I've seen a lot of suggestions and most were boring because wanting XY Mk I or II or III....
The others were mostly asking for the overruler at least in its class.
Yes I would love more ships. Even more if you can get a choice between a T-7 and a Zorgon Peterson branded competitor.
Just quite near the T-7 with an advantage here (medium pad) and an disadvantage there (less base shield).
If we can get those things I would be a real thing not giving us overrulers but more diversity in space and choice.
But be aware designing a ship is easy from modeling its lookalike but to fit in to its physical capabilities in space
that it will make sense to its role is a time consuming job and resources are a luxury at Frontier.
So I do not expect any time soon.
Regards,
Miklos
I've seen a lot of suggestions and most were boring because wanting XY Mk I or II or III....
The others were mostly asking for the overruler at least in its class.
Yes I would love more ships. Even more if you can get a choice between a T-7 and a Zorgon Peterson branded competitor.
Just quite near the T-7 with an advantage here (medium pad) and an disadvantage there (less base shield).
If we can get those things I would be a real thing not giving us overrulers but more diversity in space and choice.
But be aware designing a ship is easy from modeling its lookalike but to fit in to its physical capabilities in space
that it will make sense to its role is a time consuming job and resources are a luxury at Frontier.
So I do not expect any time soon.
Regards,
Miklos
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
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I suppose such an idea might work if it was a contest where everyone could make a submission. Because that way, there's a non-zero chance that at least one of the designs is sensibly statted, isn't overtly OP in combat and fits in with the overall aesthetic of the game. And if not, well I'm sure Frontier can just say "sorry, all your designs were terrible, here's a slideshow of the ones that made us laugh the hardest, have the Panther Clipper to make up for it".