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General Discussion / Drop Phaeton down to Burn 8 to match Buffalo (And is this the standard now?)
« on: January 12, 2019, 12:37:33 AM »
Seems the Buffalo got slowed from Burn 9 to 8 in the 0.9 update. As far as I can tell, the Phaeton is the last civilian ship with a "military grade" burn level.
> Rapidly checks ship_data.csv
... Actually, scratch that. The Starliner is too. And the Tarsus got dropped from 9 to 8 alongside the Buffalo - what's up with the Condor's 9 burn? And that of the Buffalo Mk.II for that matter? Is this purely to do with ship balance?
> Checks more values
And why's the Gemini still got a civilian burn speed when it ain't got Civilian-Grade Hull? I love the poor freighter to bits and always pick one up when I can, but it seems strange she's still only a burn 8 ship.
... Okay forget the original question. How about this:
Is there supposed to be some kind of standard for civilian ships (ie. those with the "Civilian-Grade Hull" hullmod) having a burn speed of 1 less than a non-civilian ship of the same hullsize? How strongly is this standard enforced, and why do the current outliers exist (if intentional)?
As a modder with a few civilian ships of my own under my belt, I'd like to do my best to keep things consistent, and if a set of rules are applied to vanilla civilian ships with such stats, I'd like to use the same rules for my own content, if that's alright.
> Rapidly checks ship_data.csv
... Actually, scratch that. The Starliner is too. And the Tarsus got dropped from 9 to 8 alongside the Buffalo - what's up with the Condor's 9 burn? And that of the Buffalo Mk.II for that matter? Is this purely to do with ship balance?
> Checks more values
And why's the Gemini still got a civilian burn speed when it ain't got Civilian-Grade Hull? I love the poor freighter to bits and always pick one up when I can, but it seems strange she's still only a burn 8 ship.
... Okay forget the original question. How about this:
Is there supposed to be some kind of standard for civilian ships (ie. those with the "Civilian-Grade Hull" hullmod) having a burn speed of 1 less than a non-civilian ship of the same hullsize? How strongly is this standard enforced, and why do the current outliers exist (if intentional)?
As a modder with a few civilian ships of my own under my belt, I'd like to do my best to keep things consistent, and if a set of rules are applied to vanilla civilian ships with such stats, I'd like to use the same rules for my own content, if that's alright.