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Guys, this suggestion isn't suggesting "spherical" shields, it's suggesting that invisible shield blocks be generated around the ship at a certain distance, so there isn't a performance increase. As I've said many times before, I don't like spherical shields as a concept.

Good luck with that once we have thrust percentages. And you're already screwed if people deploy perma-EMP pulsars or drones with stop beams.

Well, randomly generated alien wild life is planned, and random factions are planned as well. Combine the two, and you've got random alien factions. Add in a genetic manipulation machine, genetic blueprints (like ship blueprints), and a "mind swapper" machine, and you've got a way to become...

Definitely no. Effects aren't meant to be something every ship has all of. I'd say that instead of 2.5%, 5%, and 10% for various effects right now, 0.5%, 2.5%, and 5% would be better.

I'd love to see gas giant planets with moons or rings of small asteroids around them.

Actually, "wedge" ships have the advantage in a frontal assault. They've got a massive amount of armor when they attack straight on, which is what wedge shaped ships are intended to do.

That would also work. My main point in arguing for mass based turning is that decorative antennas and the like put you at a disadvantage in turning, even though they weigh a fraction of a percent of the ship.

Realism is a valid point right up until it stops making things enjoyable and damages balance. Also, that point is moot. Turning speed maxes out at around 350m. A 10km stick can already spin around and cause server lag.

I'm not complaining about ships like that. They're basically my own ships, minus hull and a light interior. People still use Doom Cubes, or more recently, Doom Vertical Rectangular Prisms, because of the higher turning speeds. The ship you've shown off here are still subject to the same turn...

How have you managed to launch the stun pulse drones without them permastunning your own ship when they're docked?

It'll help. One of the reasons people make doom cubes is because they're so compact, and have a turning advantage while having the firepower of a much larger (by larger I mean longer, as large ships are usually very long in SM) ship.

Thanks for that wonderful addition to the post. I am aware of moment of inertia. I'm saying it should be mass based for gameplay reasons.

Even if only 1% of the steam forum users come here, that'd still be a huge amount.

It's the Steam Release, isn't it? Either that or something of the likes of YogSwarm 2.0.

You can only control 5 ships at once.

True, but you can slam the doors shut while a ship flies through, which is hilarious.

Where do you get that idea?

Open plex doors are a wonderful thing.

So, would the lightning weapon work like beams did when they were first added, with a constant beam that took time to pulse? Also, the lightning weapon should totally chain to nearby ships and turrets, with heavily reduced damage, of course. Maybe it splits the damage up equally among all...

Pulses need to have their range seriously buffed if we want any reliable anti-drone measures.