GSB Expansion - Wishlist

[Alexander]

We dont need either of those things. Balance first, then more options next.

Yes, we do. Both of them are crucial for balance.

[dielie]

@cliffski

@Afoxi

Another suggestion:
Spinal Ships/Weapons - Essentially ships with a really big mount that faces forward, and allows it to carry weapons intended to be used by larger ships. This IMO will make it easier to specialize Frigates. The idea is that they will do better than average DPS against heavier ships, making them relatively cost effective, but obvious weakness being that they are ships built around a gun, they may have issues tracking lighter ships or bringing their weapons to bear on a flanking ship.

I’ve long considered spinal mounts, which is why I started doing the converging lasers thing, but the pre-requisite for it is to get firing arcs into the game, if only for spinal mount weapons. That involves some head-scratching and debugging and serious thought, and it is that which is holding up spinal mount weapons right now.[/]

For spinal weapons, just set the tracking speed to like minus 60 (is that doesn’t break the game) (the minus sixty is to void target boosters)