[dogscoff]

My opinions on what should be added:

4 troops + 2 infantry is enough.

5 fighters is enough. Maybe add an orbital fighter at the bottom, but I think that would definitely be enough.

A few more bases would be a good idea.

the non-combat vehicles are a great idea.

Only one or two more warship sizes are necessary. Perhaps light & heavy frigate?

mlm: I don't think anyone meant any offence.

PvK: I'm planning a fully neostandard compliant set and i know mlmbd is keen, but I don't think many others will bother, especially if we extend it by another 10 or 20 images. Take a look at the list of compliant sets on my webpage: there are about half a dozen sets with more than 2 images, and that's more than a year after the neostandard was first defined. It's not all that popular with shipset makers after all.

For this reason I think a drastic expansion would be a bad idea.

Therefore I think we should split the neostandard: I think any additons we make now should be "neostandard 2" or even better, divorce it completely from the neostandard and call it the "ultrastandard" or something. This would just just be a marketting trick to make it less daunting to shipset makers. If we did this, however, we could really go to town and make the "ultrastandard" (or whatever name) as big as the neostandard or bigger.

Edit: Just realised that PvK suggested this Last point before me. Soory mate, didn't want to steal your ideas=-)

[ January 16, 2003, 08:42: Message edited by: dogscoff ]