[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Joachim:
On racial traits - anything goes? What about the much talked about Talisman and AS. Will they have an even worse impact on the game with only little ships? I dont have the XP to comment. But if you are doing a small mod we could also agree to ditch certain other items.

Actually Talisman is too big to be a factor in this game. It will fit on a frigate, but take up a lot of room that could go for shields or weapons. A fleet full of frigates with talisman are going to be damn expensive compared to the cheap cannon fodder your opponents will be throwing at you. I think this would be a huge mistake, but I'd love to see someone try to pull it off.

AS is smaller, so it woudl have some use. But you are gonna see some huge fleet battles in this game. You might get a few with AS, but there will be a lot more facing you, and the ones you capture wont be all that strong. I think on balance there will be no difference in using AS in this game and in a normal game. I see no reason why it would be mroe powerful then normal.

Geoschmo