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You're correct in that case. However that's not the only problem. Survival scaling seems to have gone by the wayside.. With stick shops on death row, these things need to be balanced to grow with a player. Ships right now thanks to the way the power mechanics work are one-and-done. Upgrading a...

My problem is, that the scaling of the system is the same with stations, which require enormous amounts of power. Even with 6 stabilizers, if you've got a fleet to power and shield, and you're not a home base with immunity, you're looking at a sector sized behemoth.

I was actually having this issue myself, there are a lot more distance based mechanics, and building for them, with a fixed ship core is troublesome. This is true especially since we have to be able to access the core. I cant just cram it in a wall or keep it out of reach.

I tend to build my ships the opposite way, systems first, at least if I have an idea of what the ship is for. Edit: originally chimed in on 'lighten mode' but someone beat me to it.

I tend to build for others to see, so I feel it's best to keep them on, that way, if my super simple logic system has pipes going through the hall, I'll catch them.

I leave them on and try my best to hide them with or gates to route them into walls.

I can understand that it limits creativity, I cannot understand why they added the shield bubbles in the first place. I understand why power 2.0 is here, I understand (if disagree) with integrity. I don't get the shield bubbles.

I'm not actually sure I understand the intent of the shield change. It just seems like an extra layer of complexity for complexity sake.

This might come off as snarky, but I don't mean it that way in the slightest. How would you suggest they do it, if not this way? (I'm not the biggest fan of power 2.0, and would love to hear alternatives)

While MacThule and I were talking in another thread, I'd suggested using the conduit block itself as the indicator.

When I posted that, the message wasn't showing. Duke caught it, fixed it, and notified me in another thread. At the time it was a valid question.

You're more than welcome if you want. I'm on holiday today, and being 'bad' by being on the computer.

Well, changing the distinctiveness of the lines isn't the entire problem. We'd still run into "what does dotted or wavy mean?" What would likely be clearest is using the actual conduit block as the icon.

I think something along the lines of an icon at either end of the line denoting what type of 'connection' it is. or, even a legend with the colors and connection types. Edit: The problem isn't the colors themselves, it's just that within that interface there is no obvious established meaning...

Love the suggestion, I'm always interested in things to make non-combat ships more interesting. I think reactor chambers are a start to specialization, but it could go farther, with things like your block idea. I'd also like to see support ships, but I think that'll be long after the weapons...

This is my main sticking point with how things are right now, thanks to multiple stabilizer groups it's at least possible to 'work around' it and fit it into a wider range of ships. Integrity making cubes for systems the way to go makes them a lot harder to fit. However, the calculation cost of...

Thinking on it, why not just have the survey? Tying the responses to individuals seems to be counter-productive.

*crosses fingers for integrity removal*

The problem isn't how much you can cram in, it's the penalties for doing it in anything other than cubes. To say nothing of the issue of power streams getting hit makes you a sitting duck.

All the more reason to actively engage the community.