and you can buy 2 crappy Neutrino frigates.
But money as balance factor? Nope, far too easy to grind, even for getting the hundreds of thousands needed for the big ships.
Well, that's why I also brought up the balancing point... But cost should have at least SOME importance as it wouldn't make sense to make all ships 1k and call it a day, which I've never seen any modder do.
The Causality disagree with your statement. In the hand of the player, i found it to be the most powerful frigate of the game, save for the Hyperion.
Actually, I always thought that the Causality without the double phase missiles was pretty lame, especially because it was a phase frigate with no strike or high offensive capabilities. Maybe the infinite phase is the problem... But in terms of usability or firepower, I'd just go with the Tempest. And the AI sucks at using it too.
If a nerf could be used for the Neutrinos. It would be i think, increasing the CR cost and implementing CR degradation during battles. Unlike you, i found Neutrinos to be very good at attrition warfare as a lot of their ships got long range weaponry and carrier capability (TheEND would be probably the most effective ship in the whole game for prolonged battles). Well, of course fights can be shorts when you bring the brawlers like the Unsung, Jackhammer MKII or even the Lathe.
Well, I forgot about CR costs but I thought FlashFrozen was going to do something about that. As for the TheEND, that's probably also because the infinite phase... which I think should be fixed... On the other hand, in terms of long range weaponry, I'd say other factions have much better ones. In my opinion, the shields and high armor are what make Neutrino good at attrition, but you have a point.
Helmut when it comes to Hacksaws and Vices, throwing Heavy Blasters or Pulse Lasers on a Hacksaw leads to very different results, same goes for a Neutrino Lance on a Vice. Best of all the AI handles them fairly well so from an ownership standpoint I'd say they're pretty back-boney.
Oooh... i forgot about those. Yeah, I think the destroyers can be pretty strong too because of high flux vent rates and decent weapon mounts.
Hmm.. What do you think about the cruisers or the new capitals? I haven't had time to try them all out.
1) Wait a second, it is constructive feedback, I just express it in a very concise way. For example, the Hyperion: it cost an absurd amount of credits but its negative balance factor is the CR cost, not the price itself.
2) It may look like negative feedback but it's not. I love the factions I give feedback to and I simply want the best for em. I made the campaign integration for this very mod when it was just released, as I saw a lot of potential in it.
Well.. Constructive feedback should mean suggesting ways of improving, regardless of intent. On the other hand, negative feedback should mean identifying problems so other people can realize them, regardless of intent. And I think positive is praising, but anyway, these are the terms I meant. Btw, I completely believe that you have good intent.
That said, feedback is most effective when constructive and negative feedback are given together; identify a problem and suggest ways to fix it. However, simply pointing out problems can be frustrating to a lot of people. At least it frustrates students really easily, and most people aren't very far from students so...
3) Probably the more "veteran" forumers around here know my way to write things, and get my message despite my poor way to manifest it.
Being concise implies being comprehensive. People only get annoyed with you because you emphatically declare things without justifying or contextualizing them. Even if you're correct people are going to perceive it as arrogance rather than intelligence, and anyone who can't work it out is going to feel left out and subsequently annoyed.
Yeah.. the reason I continuously bring this up is because some people in fact do look offended by your comments, Uomoz. I actually believe that you are a nice person, judging from your work here and your previous comment.
However, you have to understand that stating a single line of opinion, which is often criticism, is not helpful to most people. You need to elaborate, because anything not explained is an ambiguity, which can be interpreted in a variety of ways. In fact, it's very easy to be misunderstood and I can occasionally see slight antagonisms arise with you and even people who look somewhat 'veteran'. Even if that's not the case, most people in this forum would probably not be 'veteran' so it would help if you take that into account. Because I think you can and are misunderstood a lot...
Fair point. Not that many of the things I write need a lot of justification, like: "Credit cost isn't really ever a drawback", but whatever xD.
For example, your statement "Credit cost isn't really ever a drawback" really doesn't convey any meaningful information. A reader can know that's your opinion, but why? It is very possible the reader believes otherwise and have his own reasons to believe so. In fact that's most likely the case, or else you wouldn't be making that comment in the first place. However, there is absolutely no reason for the reader to change that thought by looking at the simple statement you made, because the logic or reasoning behind it is not apparent at all. You might as well say that 'If you don't believe in my god, you will go to hell' and it will hold the same accountability and usefulness as the comment you made. What readers may assume is that you are authoritative because you 'declare' your ideas, and that you think the idea is so obvious that it's not worth explaining (because you didn't), which leaves the reader to be a fool which further annoys him.
The last misunderstanding won't happen 100% of the time (although it would happen easily), but this kind of comment is still not helpful. What you could say is that 'I think this, and here is why'. Then the other person might say 'I think this, and here is why. I understand why you think that way, but I disagree with X', and you and the reader actually have a scaffold that they can build a discussion on.
Don't take this as offense because that's not intended. These are constructive+negative feedback, which is your choice whether or not to accept them. But if you don't, you should be prepared to have some people being offended by you once in a while, and they might want to offend you too...
Peace!