I really do think you should have the option of building your own ships with some challenge of course to make it interesting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Early draft of ships.
> Hi Allan, > I do see where you are coming from, but for the moment I am basing the > game on cannon figures I know of or have researched on the ships. That > is why I am classifying this a flight simulation since I am attempting > to mottle the real life Star Trek ships we see on the show as closely as > possible. > You are absolutely right Enterprise E would be the primary choice in a > fight with it's superior firepower and obviously superior shielding. > However, that is the easy way of playing the game. Not all the fun in a > game is picking the biggest, most baddist, most kickbutt ship and going > to town against your enemies. > If you pick say the Farragut, an Excelsior-Class, it is obviously one of > the under dogs in the Fed fleet and is a century out of date. However, > someone might have allot of fun trying to face off with a superior force > with a ship that is majorly out matched in speed, shielding, and > firepower. > Don't forget the Sutherland has a weapons load similar to the > Enterprise. She would do well in a fight, but her shield rating is > rather average across the board, and warp speed is also average. No real > advantages except brute firepower. > I'm sure by now you are asking so what is the point of all of the ships > with no real major definable strength or weakness. My thoughts on that > question is that every ship will give you a slightly different game. > Some ships have better shielding than others. Some have better speed > than others. Some ships have superior firepower over others. Depending > on which ship you get it will alter your playing experience and you will > end up trying to figure out how to win the game with that particular > ships unique strengths and weaknesses. > Let's look at the Bellerophon which is Voyager's sister ship in the > Intrepid-Class. Since it is a science/explorer type ship it does have > better sensor equipment, less weapons, and superior speed. So you > wouldn't want to stop to fight every enemy and hit just your major > targets, and use your speed advantage to out run those you don't wish to > engage. > I'd also like to point out one last point that I didn't include all the > data I have on these ships in my email. Just the major tactical data. > Some ships have greater torpedo ranges than others. Some have better > phaser ranges than others. Some have slightly better sensor equipment > than others. It so happens the Sovereign-Class and the Prometheus-Class > which are Starfleet's newist ships have almost the best of everything in > almost every catagory. > In the end you may want to try a game where brains verses bron, or you > might want to play a game bron verses bron. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
