[DavidG]

Originally posted by President Elect Shang:
I would like to see the Federation ships gain a little more weight. By that I mean once I develop the Frigate I will put them into production, but with only a 50 ton increase to the destroyer I will keep researching until I get the Light Cruiser. It may just be my design philosophy but I don’t get a big enough improvement (I play against the AI) from the Destroyer to warrant the cost and time of building and fielding them.

At one point I was going to put together a list showing what it cost various races to get to a certain ship size. Mostly for my own use to see which race has the best and cheapest ships. Maybe I'll finish it. I think (emphasis on think) that some races have an big advantage when it comes to ships sizes and when they can use mounts but its not really clear which they are and how much of an advantage it is.