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Ah, startrek and it's plot holes and total inconsistencies. On minuet it's bubble shields, the next they're flat to the surface of the hull. Anyone remember the episode of voyager when they had a perhaps 4 meter wide boarding shuttle lodged in their cargo bay, and apparently removing it could...

We just need a sticky that says "THERE WILL NEVER BE BUBBLE SHIELDS. EVER." Just print it at the top of the suggestions subforum in big red letters. Not that that will stop suggestions like this, but it might slow them down.....

Did you not read what I said? 30% more cost + 30% more effectiveness = same cost per DPS. And the idea that a 5 block turret should be able to fire a 20k damage cannon blast is aubsurd. Big guns should need big turrets.

Wait, did someone on the internet just admit that they were wrong? I'm onto you aliens! I know this isn't real! Let me out of your holodeck!

Do you have ANY IDEA how unbalanced that would be? EVERY SHIP would be cloaked, no one could hit anyone. It would be a nightmare. This is a TERRIBLE IDEA.

Alright, can everyone just agree that jojomo is either a troll or simply a very stubborn person who refuses to listen, and is at this point simply not worth replying to or acknowledging. He's said his piece, and people have determined that his argument is invalid. Back on track, I certainly...

If your going for a 40k build, you can never go wrong with advanced armor. Just lay it on.

Jojomo, your entire argument hinges on the idea that people currently use your business model of selling a blueprint once and then building another, and would stop doing that if this were implemented. They don't. No one does that. I have to wonder if you actually have every built a real ship. I...

The debris don't really go anywhere. They just sort of drift away from the block they were from as the ship moves. I'm thinking adding some sparks or something flying from the blast center.

I would add some suggestion of flying shrapnel to the effect. It's a good idea even without that though.

This system would not even remotely discourage innovation. In fact, it would encourage it. The reasons are quite simple. Currently: Faction A makes a cool new ship, that is superior to anything anyone else has on the server. So faction B goes and steals it. There is now one best ship on the...

This exactly. It's all about having a gigantic-ass cannon/cannon that takes up 25% of your whole ship. Which means that capital ship combat is really just scaled up fighter combat.

Only weaksauce star trek ships that explode if someone sneezes at them while the shields are down need "structural integrity fields". Any proper ship has a hull and superstructure for that. Much more reliable and effective, as we've seen when star trek ships threaten to totally fall apart from...

Functional is a relative term.

My great-grandfather was on a destroyer that got hit by a Japanese plane. Apparently it wasn't actually a kamikaze, just a fighter that was damaged and either lost control on a strafing run or just decided they weren't going to make it back anyway. The depth charges on the deck went off and a...

No, see, all you need to do is paint your ships red! But seriously, big ships don't need to be fast, but they DO need to be mobile.

there's also the TIE fighter issue. If your craft is killed by a single burst of fire, most pilots won't get the chance to learn from their mistakes.

Beams have been generally inferior to cannons for some time, but I had never heard of an outright DPS discrepancy. Can anyone confirm this?

Some form of ammo perhaps? Most useful in small vessels?

Which brings to light another important difference between space and naval combat: space ships can't sink. A hull breach can decompress sections, but that will only be killing crew in that section (and if your ship has half-decent armor, explosive decompression won't be causing too much damage)...