The fighter bay Engineer.

Ouberos · Oct 29, 2017

We have loads of weapon specialists, a couple that do Limpets and another that can make my manifest scanner work faster. I can lighten my sensors, harden my shields and even buy corrosive resistant cargo racks. Come to think of it I can also synthesise my SRV hull to be 100% tougher than the stock model.

So why no Fighter tinkers? The obvious mod is decreased rebuild time but increased fire power would be awesome as would thermal resistant shields.

Could you imagine DD5? Would it just explode if you boosted twice in a row?

Has it ever been mentioned I wonder?

Frenotx · Oct 29, 2017

Ouberos said:
We have loads of weapon specialists, a couple that do Limpets and another that can make my manifest scanner work faster. I can lighten my sensors, harden my shields and even buy corrosive resistant cargo racks. Come to think of it I can also synthesise my SRV hull to be 100% tougher than the stock model.

So why no Fighter tinkers? The obvious mod is decreased rebuild time but increased fire power would be awesome as would thermal resistant shields.

Could you imagine DD5? Would it just explode if you boosted twice in a row?

Has it ever been mentioned I wonder?

I want the shield healing laser special effect on my fighter. >:3

On a more serious note, it would be lovely to be able to put dirty drives on a fighter. Maybe then they'd feel as nimble as they should be!

S~P · Oct 29, 2017

They probably thought about it but then thought it would make them unbalanced.

Steyla · Oct 29, 2017

The SLF's are already pretty good. Last time I fought a wing of 4, including an Anaconda, my SLF destroyed all the other ships (Vipers) while I was busy with the conda. When I heard the third time 'That's gonna hurt. Target down' she came back and helped me with the conda. When the conda was gone she said 'That one is for me commander'. Sure I thought, you almost killed them single handedly. What am I doing here? lol

Arthur Shappey · Oct 29, 2017

thestyx said:
The SLF's are already pretty good. Last time I fought a wing of 4, including an Anaconda, my SLF destroyed all the other ships (Vipers) while I was busy with the conda. When I heard the third time 'That's gonna hurt. Target down' she came back and helped me with the conda. When the conda was gone she said 'That one is for me commander'. Sure I thought, you almost killed them single handedly. What am I doing here? lol

Well, she'll have pocketed most of your kill XP too. The SLF is good, but at a cost more than money...

Steyla · Oct 29, 2017

Arthur Shappey said:
Well, she'll have pocketed most of your kill XP too. The SLF is good, but at a cost more than money...

That's right. But I don't care. It's just to much fun with her.

Gunnet · Oct 29, 2017

I wish.

Pville_Piper · Oct 30, 2017

thestyx said:
That's right. But I don't care. It's just to much fun with her.

https://i.imgur.com/1ZjI4l5.png

That's funny, my pilot is from Zaonce too... And says the exact same thing about it as well. Must be a sucky place from the sounds of it. [yesnod]

Agony_Aunt · Oct 30, 2017

I'd like CQC to unlock outfitting options for SLFs in the main game. Would give people a reason to play CQC as well.

Makdo · Oct 30, 2017

S~P said:
They probably thought about it but then thought it would make them unbalanced.

That's a joke right?? Cause I don't see any evidence of balance in this game in any respect. Just sayin..

yolomcbobbinz · Oct 30, 2017

Frenotx said:
I want the shield healing laser special effect on my fighter. >:3

On a more serious note, it would be lovely to be able to put dirty drives on a fighter. Maybe then they'd feel as nimble as they should be!

Oh my, I cant imagine how nauseating it must be to have an imperial fighter with g5 dirty drives drifting around in a ring with a VR head set

Frenotx · Oct 30, 2017

yolomcbobbinz said:
Oh my, I cant imagine how nauseating it must be to have an imperial fighter with g5 dirty drives drifting around in a ring with a VR head set

I believe the word you're looking for is "amazaballs", not nauseating.

Arthur Shappey · Oct 30, 2017

Makdo said:
That's a joke right?? Cause I don't see any evidence of balance in this game in any respect. Just sayin..

Whether balance in the game is ever achieved is a moot point - the evidence that FDev are trying to balance is amply provided by the dozens upon dozens of nerfs (and occasional buffs) that have been released in updates.

yolomcbobbinz · Oct 30, 2017

Frenotx said:
I believe the word you're looking for is "amazaballs", not nauseating.

It would be amazeballs no doubt, but think how dizzy you would get, not to mention if you accidentally clip something going over 1200m/s and spin out of control for 20 minutes

[VR] Goooost · Oct 30, 2017

Ouberos said:
We have loads of weapon specialists, a couple that do Limpets and another that can make my manifest scanner work faster. I can lighten my sensors, harden my shields and even buy corrosive resistant cargo racks. Come to think of it I can also synthesise my SRV hull to be 100% tougher than the stock model.

So why no Fighter tinkers? The obvious mod is decreased rebuild time but increased fire power would be awesome as would thermal resistant shields.

Could you imagine DD5? Would it just explode if you boosted twice in a row?

Has it ever been mentioned I wonder?

Why do this, when they could just let us buy the fighters we've unlocked in CQC?

Agony_Aunt · Oct 30, 2017

Goooost said:
Why do this, when they could just let us buy the fighters we've unlocked in CQC?

Modules yes, fighters no, because those include the Sidewinder and Eagle.

Ziljan · Oct 30, 2017

thestyx said:
The SLF's are already pretty good. Last time I fought a wing of 4, including an Anaconda, my SLF destroyed all the other ships (Vipers) while I was busy with the conda. When I heard the third time 'That's gonna hurt. Target down' she came back and helped me with the conda. When the conda was gone she said 'That one is for me commander'. Sure I thought, you almost killed them single handedly. What am I doing here? lol

Can you post a picture of your NPC Crewmember and their background story? I'm just checking a theory.

Conch · Oct 30, 2017

First they need to change the SLF to a ship. Atm its just a module.
and give outfitting to them.

Steyla · Oct 30, 2017

Ziljan said:
Can you post a picture of your NPC Crewmember and their background story? I'm just checking a theory.

It's on the first page of this thread.

Steyla · Oct 30, 2017

Pville_Piper said:
That's funny, my pilot is from Zaonce too... And says the exact same thing about it as well. Must be a sucky place from the sounds of it. [yesnod]

Yeah, that is really funny. Perhaps a sibling? I wonder if yours says the same things in the same way like "Enemy wiped out." I guess it does. Perhaps a clone?