[Jonathan_S47]

This is a screen shot from a little project I am playing with. Using Lightspeed’s weapon dump as a basis I am overhauling FS2 weaponry and capital ship load outs.

[Mars]

Are you trying to maintain balance?

[Unknown Target]

Beams?

[Scooby_Doo]

Oh wow, I really like some of those effects

[Jonathan_S47]

UT: The cruisers still have beams they just weren’t firing at the time I took that screen shot.

Mars: I intend to create a “balance” but it is going to be a bit different than Retail FS2.

[Gregster2k]

Interesting. I wanna try this thingy sometime

They say not to muck with things that can screw up missions...but I say go for it if it makes things interesting hee hee hee >:b it would get my download.

[Prophet]

What exactly have you done? I see you have done something about the useless blobs (yay! ) But what else?

[Scooby_Doo]

I still wish blobs could have the option to face yourself, some of the effects just don't look good all distorted.

[Wanderer]

You can make 'better' large blobs by using round weapon glows and setting the lenght to minimum (zero to close to it) and then attaching trail to the effect.

[Raptor]

UT: The cruisers still have beams they just weren’t firing at the time I took that screen shot.

Mars: I intend to create a “balance” but it is going to be a bit different than Retail FS2.

Sounds like wnat I did a while ago.  Used Excel to create a series of tables for each kind of FS primary weapon, where EVERY value was based in some way on the damage rating.  Plus a few additions... like railguns/mass drivers/gauss cannons (the model I made for those turrets is more Railgun like) and plasma pulse weapons for the different eras (FS1, FS2 and post Capella for the Terrans, FS1 & FS2 for the Vasudans.  The Shivans use the same all the time.)

It was also intended to go with a new weapons fit for all capships.  I know purists would scream about balance but frankly some of the original weapon loadouts were rubbish!

Course, I also think that several ships could do with a total returreting....

[Colonol Dekker]

"cough ATEN cough"

[Prophet]

The only thing wrong in aten are the turret hitpoints and the weaponry. Keeping the beams but changing rest in to flaks and morningstars and do you have a fighter supression cruiser or what.

[NGTM-1R]

The Aten's problems go deeper then that; weapons placement.

[Colonol Dekker]

Its the best looking Vas light cap in my eye. Cr4p or not its got style

[Jonathan_S47]

What exactly have you done? I see you have done something about the useless blobs (yay! ) But what else?

Yeah, the jpg compression killed quit a bit of that image so I should have elaborated a bit more. It’s a TC of all of the FS2 ships to what I feel would be a more realistic load out. The Fenris and Leviathan both got a massive returreting and now have 59 turrets overall instead of the original 9.



Capital ships get a really good spread of weaponry this time from defensive weapons that have a high rate of fire & $Fof to anti-cap weapons that have a long range.



As you can see it is a major change to FS2 that won’t be compatible with retail missions but that’s not the point. It’s a still ongoing WIP but I plan on eventually release a version for people in the community to play with. 

[Prophet]

Oh no, thats a major turn off mor me
I rather have quality over quantity. Whats the point of taking out a turret when there's a bazillion of those peashooters pouring **** all over you? Taking out a powerful dangerous turret knowing that it really makes a difference creates a feeling of accomplishment. And with fever turrets you can learn the weaknesses of the hull and plan a bit your approach. With these new variants it doesn't matter since you're up against this object that is spewing death from every crevice.

So this really isn't doing it for me.

[Solatar]

A Fenris/Leviathan with say..16 turrets or something (keeping those nice multip-part ones you put on the deck ) would be manageable, but 59...? Even an upgunned Orion shouldn't have 59 (maybe like..24 or 36 at the MOST ).

[NGTM-1R]

GTC DOOM ON YOU-class.

[neoterran]

kind of ridiculous...

[Mars]

Command: Alpha one! Take out the main  beam turrets on that cruiser before it rips up that convoy!

Directive: Take out beam turrets (20)