I just want the ships to be balanced without these perma hullmods in mind. There needs to be enough OP for every ship so that a decent build can be fitted.
I'll probably end up tweaking the OP on *some* ships, but for most ships I think they're in a decent place. Open to suggestions/opinions as to which ships really, really need it.
Ships that absolutely need more ordnance points: Scarab, Shrike, Gemini (this one needs a
lot more ordnance points), Gryphon, Astral.
Ships that need other adjustments:
Scarab (more flux dissipation & built-in pd lasers in those side turret mounts)
Vigilance (built-in expanded missile racks and maybe an increase to flux dissipation)
Wayfarer/Cerberus/Hound/Hermes/Mercury/Mudskipper/Shepherd (frigate freighters are severely under-tuned compared to larger freighters)*
Condor (needs more cargo/fuel capacity & built-in expanded missile racks)
Drover (needs
less cargo capacity)
Medusa & Grypon (both of these need
something beyond just more OP but I don't have any good ideas for what)
Venture (needs an open fighter bay slot in addition to the one that's locked-in with mining drones)
Colossus Mk II / III / Atlas Mk II (need increased cargo capacity - these converted freighters should have larger holds than similarly-sized dedicated warships, not smaller ones).
Astral (needs a recall device nerf - limit by charges maybe - in order for more OP to not be a bad call. Alternatively, give it something like the Conquest's heavy weapons integration that just applies to all of its guns - and maybe change some of its medium energy turrets back to large energy or even built-in Paladin PD systems?)
* Frigate freighters being under-tuned. Even ignoring the ship limit that would push you towards using larger freighters even for equal efficiency, a Cerberus (with no hull mods) gives you 100 cargo per fuel-cost and 25 cargo per supply-cost, while a Colossus (also with no hull mods) gives you 300 cargo per fuel-cost and 150 cargo per supply-cost. The frigate is faster, sure, but even if you compare a Cerberus with efficiency overhaul and expanded cargo holds to a Colossus with Militarized Subsystems and Augmented Drive Field, the Colossus comes out ahead. And the other frigate freighters are all worse off than the Cerberus is.