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I've never bothered to test my ships against other player creations. Given the endless variety and ever increasing power scale, it seems pointless to do so. I've always tested against Isanths in the past. This is because it was the only standard ship in the game. I haven't tested any ships...

It wasn't meant in a negative context - simply that players, given the time to do so, will test the defenses of a base until they find a weakness they can exploit. It may be lack of turret coverage in a particular area, or a weakness to a certain type of weapon. Without any defending players...

A friend of mine made a massive box on his home station out of plex-door so that he could build ships inside of it and have the ship protected without being docked. If I leave a ship undocked, it has strong shields and plenty of turrets to protect itself from random pirates. I try not to park...

The power changes are just an excuse for me. I'm really waiting for more game content - the stuff that's going to make my ships worth playing. I had cut back on my building because I didn't have anything to do with my ships, now I have the added excuse of not knowing how I should be building...

My personal advice to new players is start small and get comfortable with building before taking on larger ships. I've seen a number of players start the game and immediately try to tackle massive ship builds (one even attempting the Destiny.) In each case, the player grew tired of constantly...

I voted other - It's hard not to like them given that they started out as disks, so I've been content with the new size and shape. I've only had the following three expectations since then: 1.) They will optimize planets so that they are accessible to players. 2.) They will fix the terrain...

I haven't seen anything in that gif to suggest a change in curvature or planet shape. Although it's very short,the start of the gif suggests a plate break. Any curvature in the background is likely just the camera angle looking towards one of the corners of the plate. The planets definitely...

I've never seen anyone make Nell from Battle Beyond the Stars. :) My favorite series, by which I compare all other sci-fi, has become BSG. I'm keeping an eye on "The Expanse," but they're only in season 2, and I think it has more growing up to do yet.

Well, I like the design. :) I'l have to submit and post my ship that uses a similar concept when I get home tonight. As others have posted here, you do have to deal with interference where the turret is blocked by the hull, but that's an issue for any turret. I kept my own ship small and...

They don't have to, of course, but I think it would save them some disappointment.

Maybe I'm focusing too squarely on your use of "central pillar." I think the pillar is off to one side a bit. :)

I think it's a strong leap to suggest that just because combat systems exist they are necessarily intended for PVP. Everything you mentioned above, aside from cloaking and scanners, exist and are useful without PVP. The sheer size and scope of the content that Starmade has and will offer are...

I hope that I didn't give the impression that I believe PVP should not be a part of the game. My OP was to state that there is no indication that it is the primary goal of the game, which is what some forum members appear to believe. Even when the developers state their desire to "balance" the...

First, I'd like to make clear that what has been largely defined as "RP" is simply anything that is not relevant to PVP. This is a broad definition, but it seems to be the expectation in discussions I've seen. As an example, the inclusion of any interior space within a ship beyond the minimum...

Core drilling was the result of the targeting reticle being tied to the core, and destroying the core meant death regardless of the status of the rest of the ship. All they need to do for the reactor system is make it so that the loss of a block or two does not mean that the reactor cease...

My response was to the OP, who asked for our opinions, and did not require that I read and adjust that opinion based on the 11 pages of comments it has so far generated. Perhaps you should recognize that this game is not what you're looking for. It has been built, from the very start, to be...

Wow, Raisinbat, you have some strong opinions on the subject and am taking the suggested changes much more personally than I. So you know, while I welcome the changes that Schine is proposing, and would encourage them to take it even farther, I do not need the changes in order to play the game...

I often am, and am willing to accept that when told. I'd love to hear some qualification for that assessment, however. :) In my limited experience on public servers, PVP has been very limited, and I haven't experienced it at all. One of my faction members reported that someone showed up at...

Your first point seems flawed to me, Arkudo. The game's resource system practically demands that players create/join a faction and establish a home system for mining purposes in order to get the mining bonus. If players have to avoid doing so in their early game, just to avoid being ganked...

11 pages...I'm a bit late to this party. My personal view on power, for as long as I've been playing the game, is that the current system just never made sense from any kind of realistic perspective. I can't think of any existing, or sci-fi, scenario in which ship's power production comes in...