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Carrier might need less resources since that the fighters might not need a generator and main thrusters. Also a carrier can recover a damaged fighter and capture enemy damaged ships while frigates can't. The big vs small question is a interesting one. If it is 10 big ships vs 10 small ships...

Maybe put mining lasers on a rotating platform to get a rotating blade.

Liked the idea of that. Had to make the ship non-safe zone qualified though, either having some weaponry or good speed. The worst thing that would happen to a new player would be getting their only ship instantly destroyed once the stepped out of the safe zone.

As important as social interactions are, it must be taken with caution. There is a video made by Extra Credits on Youtube that explains the "social curve" Basically, it means starting with solo play, and encouraging more and more social interactions as the game goes, and in a way that does not...

Very good idea except that it might make the grind on that particular ship longer. If the next goal of the player is to get a better ship, they would have to grind on the starting ship even more. I suggest giving some prize to the player who paid off for their ship. Maybe the ship they were...

I got it from the wiki and progress reports, but I guessed the size of the battery. Welp you have better info in CA so I guess you win the battery argument, but I still insist that a ship with just auto cannons should be classed as a fighter.

You only have about 1 minute of firing time with 1 clip anyways. Any time you are not firing will be a waste of reactor output if you don't use batteries.

One autocannon clip is 500 shots using 150 power each, meaning 7.5 batteries needed per autocannon. 4 or 6 batteries stacked together approximate the size of 1 reactor. It is not that big, just a block under each autocannon.

Yeah. The Lictor itself only has 8 reactors. A heavy fighter but still way far from a dreadnought.

You forgot about batteries.

Actually, the Lictor only has 28 autocannons in terms of firepower. It might be powerful at the starting month of the game I think it will only be considered fighter class firepower later on. A real heavy gunship will have full Onisium armor and a max number of 30 railguns. That would likely be...

Yeah you got to have that. Even better if we can set the thrusters to different amount of thrust and adjust weight in fuel tanks in the designer

nice

With laser cutting and welding in the game you can make complex shapes with armor plates. This makes me wonder if it will be possible to make a specific device that jams a tiny ship onto the player's robotic body and limbs, acting as an exoskeleton. Maybe even controlling the thing with emotes.

Okay maybe combat is not necessarily the "core" of the game play, but its the big consumer. Without fighting and the consume of resources, deflation will soon take place and everyone will be playing in creative mode in less than a year. I personally like designing and building ships more than...

The devs used autocannons. Laser/Rail will have much larger range. For railcannons my guess is you have to aim at a dot in space that is the enemy ship. Also the kingdom/empire ships are very distinct looking. If in a player battle both sides used popular deigns or even the same ships, you...

Agreeing on maintenance being fun in some ways, but having to patch every hole manually was too much repetitive labor. Maybe make the repair shop can only repair low tech parts, or charge more for more complex repairs. However, combat is the core of the game. Everything from mining to building...

In actual war the commander would know friend from foe, and in sports it's not a problem. However in Starbase, everyone has to decide for themselves. There are only so many colors and they can be hard to see at a distance, with the color of the thruster exaust being the only thing clear obvious...

Hyped about the amazingly detailed building system and the ability to take your ship to a fight. Recreating ships and making new designs will be great fun.

Yeah that is necessary. Tearing half the ship down to get to a broken wire/filling every small hole on the armor/manually changing every clip on every autocannon is not what we play the game for. It will also greatly discourage combat.