Aside from the Galaxy and Defiant classes, there's very little concrete, canon info of the kind you're looking for about starships. When it comes to balancing hardpoints, you're pretty much stuck referencing speculative and the background/apocryphal material you find on DITL and the other web sites, other games such as Armada or the SFC series, and the tech manuals.
well... yeah, you right...thanks Nero..
.. I have tried balancing it with material from DITL & enjoying it.
However when my friend compared & try to balance it with the actual data, it feels great.... :assimilate
For example, when we try to find out, just who is more maneuverable between Excelsior and Constution... At first it's obvious that the smaller ship should be more agile. However it seem, that's not true. Both of the ship is almost same in agility.
It's said that the earlier Excelsior is nimble, but the Constution is truely nimble... hmmm...
Or the truth that the Defiant's shield is only about the same output with Excelsior's. It seem logical, since I always wondering why the choose Lakota for the Paradise Lost instead of newer Nebula or Akira. Also side from their weapons & warpdrive system, they never explained about her defense system. But at the end they were at stalemate. From this point I am beginning to like Defiant.
And I really quite enjoy it when it comes to BC with the new balance. Though she seem very strong in the show, but I think it's for the sake for the film. :salute3:
But at the end ... yes... you right, Nero..
..it's speculative & frustating, etc .. :bluescreen:.. they always give me a headache bonus
. But that also the best time we have as a modder, right?
Ah yes, almost forgot.... compared to the data from ACTD, I suprissingly found out 80% most of the defense system on the stock BC is quite accurate I think.. :eek.. wuiihh... though for Galaxy, Sovy, & Nebula is only using a standard combat operation mode.
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