[Hippocrates]

Hey PvK,

The new mod looks great! Several of the new changes enhance that "epic" feel which makes Proportions such a great mod. Thanks for all the work you've once again put into it.

The only new change I'm not such a big fan of is the new fighter weapon firing rate. Although fighters in 2.x were powerful early on, by the time players researched armor plating and the later levels of shield tech, fighters have a hard time punching through these layered defenses.

In 3.0, fighter costs seem to have increased (making it less likely to mass produce so many fighters in a short period of time), they have now become much more of a tactical weapon with their lower supply limits, and the reworked shield values makes them less survivable. These changes are great. However, by halving the firing rates, I fear that fighters may become unable to inflict enough damage over time to justify their use. At the very least, by firing energy weapons only once every 2 turns they lose a lot of their value as "anti-fighter" interceptors.

Perhaps it would be possible to half firing rates on torps and such, but leave energy weapons as they were? Or perhaps, early Versions of a weapon could fire slower than later levels of the same weapon. I don't know if this is even possible, but can mounts be modded to effect firing rates? If so, you could create an "interceptor" mount - which would not be usable on the new bomber sizes - which could let the smaller fighters retain their value as interceptors by allowing them to fire every turn with low powered fighter energy weapons.

Aside from that, I think the new changes are great!

Thanks,
-Hippo