We actually tried that first and I am pretty sure we would still add it if it would work. Having the ships hp bar reflect the state of all systems is preferable to just the reactor.
There is no point to look at that before we, at least, know how will be implemented the universe update.Edit: And just as a side note... Crafting needs that same kinda TLC that the combat systems are getting. The game can't survive on just weapons hit scan, the economy needs to be looked at carefully too. Build-time-per-block (optimized or hand crafted, including gathering and refinery time) is the only REAL currency metric I've been able to find in the game. It's a total mess and produces so much "waste material" for investment to fill a ship blueprint it's a downright shame.
Having taken the time to read up the changes and comparing them them to my own analysis of "what is killing the fun in the game", i strongly recommend to implement these changes for the time being but also further following the layed out argumentation of the QF team to pick stuff that is annoying in the mechanics core. and also eradicate this stuff for freeing ressources. I.E. the recoil has nothing to add to starmade is a pure annoyance. Listen to these people implement such changes and then go from there.We probably will. We've been working with the project since its beginning.
The QF team is currently preparing a document detailing the changes they've made for schema's review. If that's all good, we can go ahead and officially adopt them in a dev build for testing.
You're quoting something that was months ago, read the news section, this was already implemented into the dev build and continues to be updated with their changes.Having taken the time to read up the changes and comparing them them to my own analysis of "what is killing the fun in the game", i strongly recommend to implement these changes for the time being but also further following the layed out argumentation of the QF team to pick stuff that is annoying in the mechanics core. and also eradicate this stuff for freeing ressources. I.E. the recoil has nothing to add to starmade is a pure annoyance. Listen to these people implement such changes and then go from there.
And just for heavens sake admit that power 2.0 was a step in the wrong direction, take all the time needed and come up with a real solution that again allows for artistic building and adding freedom of design again because this is where SM shined and what kept people building admirable stuff.
I think that removing the output penalty is a good thing."The multiple-output penalty for weapons is currently disabled"
If you knew the number of times I told the devs to remove this outdated, broken, and outright unnecessary mechanic... That change alone is reason enough for me to use this config pack (that and removed stab distance, good god).
You don't need to. Due to how armour works large numbers of outputs are extremely ineffective (as in 0.0001 damage). And missile capacity limits the number of missile outputs you can use at once.But we need to a way to cap the total amount of outputs on a ship in order to avoid ships lagging the entire universe each time it fires 80000 missiles at once.(capping ship size helps with that a bit)
Agreed.You don't need to. Due to how armour works large numbers of outputs are extremely ineffective (as in 0.0001 damage). And missile capacity limits the number of missile outputs you can use at once.
The only possible use of swarm missile is to kill off drones, and even for that you don't need a thousand missile on screen just a hundred.Agreed.
I often use large blocks of crystal armor to simulate ballistic media for weapons testing. Small guns do next to nothing to the block; even with rapid fire or multiple simultaneous hits.
There also seems to be a "soft cap" of roughly 240 missiles held in storage. Adding storage beyond that point yields excessively diminishing returns. Even if you use fast loading, low damage missiles, you'll get hit with the soft cap and have to wait for a reload. You also can't reload until you stop shooting.
My guess is you might get 1000-2000 missiles on screen at once if you're constantly firing and use a star as your reactor.
Yep, there's no cap to the radius of acid damage, so in theory for the same amount of weapon blocks you can get as much block destruction with a single beam output as you can with 100 (not sure how it applies in practice though).The only possible use of swarm missile is to kill off drones, and even for that you don't need a thousand missile on screen just a hundred.
Besides, if acid damage on both beam and cannon now work perfectly (Haven't tested it myself but i saw some claim it should work now) you really don't need a million output for any weapon now, wich is really nice I always hated how viable weapons looked like a flat surface of zig zagged weapon outpots instead of an actual gun (a few long barrels)
I can think of a few practical uses for swarms besides anti-drone defense. ...but you'd better have a good handle on how to effectively use logic if you try them.The only possible use of swarm missile is to kill off drones, and even for that you don't need a thousand missile on screen just a hundred.
Besides, if acid damage on both beam and cannon now work perfectly (Haven't tested it myself but i saw some claim it should work now) you really don't need a million output for any weapon now, wich is really nice I always hated how viable weapons looked like a flat surface of zig zagged weapon outpots instead of an actual gun (a few long barrels)
In my experience, acid damage is forced/always-on; even on small weapons. As a result, the smaller weapons get affected by armor at an individual level and lose a lot of their damage, while larger weapons lose damage only once and use their higher single shot damage to penetrate the armor and apply acid damage. Please keep in mind that I am using vanilla configs; not Quickfire, so please correct me if QF has already addressed these issues.Yep, there's no cap to the radius of acid damage, so in theory for the same amount of weapon blocks you can get as much block destruction with a single beam output as you can with 100 (not sure how it applies in practice though).
I found large single-output beams can be pretty nasty; even against armor. I prefer the B/C rapid fire type over the heavy continuous ones. They cut deep while inflicting acid damage; resulting in a much wider damage channel than what you might expect. Once again; vanilla configs.well, that was one of the good changes. i tend to use sth like 4 beam outputs atm mostly. before the acid damage came i used big beam waffles for turrets and/or pilot controlled beams and used 1 computer per output to not suffer power penalties. But i haven't tested damage application with 1 really big beam weapon with only 1 output. I tend to think that you lose some block damage, but this could also be some sort of trauma from pre-acid-damage years :/
This could also be a result of the vanilla Weapons 2.0 configs. There was an - apparently forgotten - setting for beams which halves the damage from the beam that transfers to the acid model. Other, less well-defined damage losses do appear to exist, but there is now a tradeoff: take your chances with the (significantly reduced) damage loss but be able to destroy armor with the weapon, or attempt to optimize multiple outputs for systems destruction but require a separate weapon to penetrate armor.well, that was one of the good changes. i tend to use sth like 4 beam outputs atm mostly. before the acid damage came i used big beam waffles for turrets and/or pilot controlled beams and used 1 computer per output to not suffer power penalties. But i haven't tested damage application with 1 really big beam weapon with only 1 output. I tend to think that you lose some block damage, but this could also be some sort of trauma from pre-acid-damage years :/
The problem with very small outputs is not even armour itself but HP of blocks. The smaller your ship the worse the result will be. Vanilla armour more or less just stops damage if it is smaller than a certain value depending on thickness of armour (it deals all the damage to a single block no matter how much of it you had). QF armour that is in dev build diminishes the incoming damage depending on how thick is the armour and how large is the incoming damage.In my experience, acid damage is forced/always-on; even on small weapons. As a result, the smaller weapons get affected by armor at an individual level and lose a lot of their damage, while larger weapons lose damage only once and use their higher single shot damage to penetrate the armor and apply acid damage. Please keep in mind that I am using vanilla configs; not Quickfire, so please correct me if QF has already addressed these issues.
the recoil has nothing to add to starmade is a pure annoyance. Listen to these people