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There are a lot of ways to balance the Talismans out. Make it a mount, make it not have 100% guaranteed to hit, have it make the ship it is on easier to hit, etc. That is what the beta testers are for, to test these things out before they go public.

And yes, the Talisman issue makes the stock game flawed, as does the DUCS/PPBs/APBs (though esp. the PPBs), mines, fighters, PDCs/missiles, armor, etc. There are a lot of problems that are not hard to fix and should have been fixed in a patch for the game a long, long time ago. If you do not agree with a particular balance fix, you can always go and change it back. But for the rest of us that appreciate efforts to balance the game, the changes will have been done already and not require extra modding to make it better. Again, modding is not for fixing balance problems, but for creating whole new styles of play (ie: Pirates and Nomads, Proportions, Adamant's physical/magical/organic races, sci-fi mods, etc.). And of course you will never get 100% agreeance on any balance fix. But, that is irrelevant. MM does not have to please everyone. The lack of any attempts at balance changes is IMO more displeasing overall than not having them fixed in the way you want them fixed.