SE5 Poll on Slot Layout, take 2

Kamog · #1 February 21st, 2006, 03:27 AM

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The real problem is the difference between ship sets. In the 'form fitting' slot scheme, races that have been given 'slender' ship artwork will have far fewer actual slots to work with in designing their ships.

That's a good point, I'm concerned about that too.

OK, for SEV I'm only going to play races with square blocky ships like the Borg! Yup, the Borg are my favorite race now. Hopefully the Borg dreadnought will be just a huge cube full of slots that takes up the entire ship design window. With the maximized number of components, it will easily beat other races with thin spindly-shaped ships.

Captain Kwok · #2 February 21st, 2006, 03:55 AM

Ships still have a tonnage as dictated by the game and not by the number of slots they have... what BM was saying below was that if slots were based on each ship so some might have an advantage in how you could arrange components...

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 February 21st, 2006, 04:09 AM

The number of slots will most likely be standardized.

Baron Munchausen · #4 February 21st, 2006, 07:19 PM

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Captain Kwok said:
Ships still have a tonnage as dictated by the game and not by the number of slots they have... what BM was saying below was that if slots were based on each ship so some might have an advantage in how you could arrange components...

Actually, I was saying that you might not be able to use the full tonnage allowed because of not enough slots. It won't happen early, of course, but ships that use many small components, like transports, could in fact run out of slots.

There are also very real differences between the shipsets in the proportions of armor, outer hull, and inner hull slots. This also will make for arbitrary and unfair ship design restrictions.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 February 21st, 2006, 07:23 PM

Since it's such a bad idea, what makes you think it's in the game?

Baron Munchausen · #6 February 22nd, 2006, 03:55 PM

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narf poit chez BOOM said:
Since it's such a bad idea, what makes you think it's in the game?

Could it be that the features list in Malfador's site says so? Or could it be the screenshots?

http://www.malfador.com/SE5scr012.htm

And then there is the recent interview already cited.

There are several 'fun' things about designing ships this way, but this is not like Starfury in one respect. You cannot change your shipset. Whatever set you choose at the game setup is what you are stuck with for the whole game.

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 February 23rd, 2006, 01:25 AM

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Baron Munchausen said:

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narf poit chez BOOM said:
Since it's such a bad idea, what makes you think it's in the game?

Could it be that the features list in Malfador's site says so? Or could it be the screenshots?

http://www.malfador.com/SE5scr012.htm

And then there is the recent interview already cited.

There are several 'fun' things about designing ships this way, but this is not like Starfury in one respect. You cannot change your shipset. Whatever set you choose at the game setup is what you are stuck with for the whole game.

Ok, that's scary. But it shouldn't be too hard to mod the pics.