Flagships

chewy027 · #1 October 21st, 2001, 10:30 PM

problem with a component is that u can then build them on any ship. Actually Cyrien basing it off of number of ships would be better

good point. And yeah the flagship is basically the command ship and would have a captain on it but it is also usually the most advanced, beefed up, toughest SOB in the fleet

. Thus, I agree that it should bring a small bonus to whatever fleet its attached to be it by way of exp or morale if thats ever put in. Cyrien a check or whatever to designate a design as a flagship would be a good way of doing it and allow for any size ship which i suppose would be more practical.

Atrocities · #2 October 22nd, 2001, 02:10 AM

You can do this yourself Chewy027. I have added several class of ships to my personal game:

Juggernought
Capital Ship
Gun Boat
Cutter
War Cruiser.

I then designed 5 new ship images for all the races I use.

I increased the cost of production of the Juggernought to be very expensive. (VERY).

I did not like the idea of Base Ships, so I deleted them, and used the images for the Juggernoughts.

I also increased the cost of researching ships by adding 2 extra zero's to the research cost in the research data file.

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chewy027 · #3 October 22nd, 2001, 03:39 AM

yikes that is real expensive

I kinda knew i could do it myself but thought it would be a cool feature too

You know something maybe put in by MM some day.....

mac5732 · #4 October 23rd, 2001, 07:07 PM

I like the idea of flagship, how about if you could add a "command control" addition to this ship, one per fleet, this could increase the chances of PD's hitting. fleet given a defensive bonus, take out the command ship and every ship is then on its own... This addition could be expensive to add and take up ? amount of space. This would make it worthwhile to have and also for a fleet to protect it in combat.Also makes opposing fleet target it for high priority

just some ideas mac

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capnq · #5 October 23rd, 2001, 10:44 PM

quote:
this could increase the chances of PD's hitting

Why would you want that? I know that PD does miss occaisionally, but it happens so rarely that I can't recall how long it's been since I've seen it.

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Rhinestone Cowboy · #6 October 24th, 2001, 01:40 AM

How about arranging it so you could not actually use Fleet tactics without a command ship?

Without a command ship it's just a bunch of ships loosely working together in an attack. With a Command ship (or a ship with a Command Component, "Flag Bridge") better Fleet Tactics are available?

Anybody familiar with the "Honor Harrington" series of books would understand what is possible with a good Fleet Commander on board!

RhineStone Cowboy

chewy027 · #7 October 24th, 2001, 05:36 AM

whatever it may be component or just a designated design i think it would be a cool feature. like the idea of it effecting the whole fleet that would give it more of a commandship/flagship feel then. and i also like the cowboy's idea. that would add some more tactical thought to the game and give more importance to a flagship.