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Avan

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'general balance guidelines' for slots in .5a?
« on: December 17, 2011, 02:25:44 PM »
Got any general balance guidelines as to slot ratios & counts on the various ship sizes in .5a? I recalled that you had down-sized a lot of the slots for .5a
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Re: 'general balance guidelines' for slots in .5a?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2011, 10:03:39 AM »
Hmm... nothing concrete, but mainly, a lot less "large" slots on cruisers. Most don't have any, the Apogee is down to 1 (the front HIL slot), the Dominator retains both of the large hardpoints as it's quite a bruiser. All of the large turrets on the Aurora, Eagle, and Falcon are now medium.

There are also a bunch more medium weapons to provide some variety for those new medium slots.

As long as a ship's power is balanced by its fleet point cost, it doesn't matter too much - the goal for reducing the amount of large slots wasn't balance, strictly speaking - it was to increase the importance of small and medium slots. They were (and are in the current release) rather marginal in importance.
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Re: 'general balance guidelines' for slots in .5a?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2011, 11:44:59 AM »
Right, ok.

I'll look over my ships and see what needs changing.
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Re: 'general balance guidelines' for slots in .5a?
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2011, 12:49:58 PM »
Quote from: Alex on December 18, 2011, 10:03:39 AM
Hmm... nothing concrete, but mainly, a lot less "large" slots on cruisers. Most don't have any, the Apogee is down to 1 (the front HIL slot), the Dominator retains both of the large hardpoints as it's quite a bruiser. All of the large turrets on the Aurora, Eagle, and Falcon are now medium.

There are also a bunch more medium weapons to provide some variety for those new medium slots.

As long as a ship's power is balanced by its fleet point cost, it doesn't matter too much - the goal for reducing the amount of large slots wasn't balance, strictly speaking - it was to increase the importance of small and medium slots. They were (and are in the current release) rather marginal in importance.

Btw, I'm a big fan of your choices in this area.  It should improve both the look and the balance on those cruisers.  :)  I can't wait to see a preview of the new Medium weapons though, hint hint.  :)  In case you were wondering what to blog about in January.  ha ha
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Re: 'general balance guidelines' for slots in .5a?
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 08:31:14 AM »
Well, I hope that January will involve a blog about the .5a release  ;)
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Re: 'general balance guidelines' for slots in .5a?
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2011, 08:42:09 AM »
Quote from: Avan on December 20, 2011, 08:31:14 AM
Well, I hope that January will involve a blog about the .5a release  ;)

Indeed!  :)  Also, I hope for whirled peas for this Christmas season!  :)  lol.









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