Scoob wrote: ↑Tue, 27. Aug 19, 15:58
Whether you Love or Hate X Rebirth, it did to capital ships very very well.
I was quite surprised when NONE of the excellent X Rebirth Capitals made it into X4 and the ships we did get...well, they'd have made great Frigate-class ships (think M7's in old money lol) but they are NOT in the same league as Rebirth's capitals.
I like X4's Fighters, though I think a clear Scout / Light / Heavy type distinction would be nice - different map icons like X3 and prior for M5/4/3. Corvettes are pretty good as they are while a Frigates only distinction is the ability to dock ships / drones. I'd love to see larger Frigates, but that's where the current Capital ships fit it seems.
The game is crying out for Arawns, Taranis and the Terran Capital ships - they were all awesome. Even the weaker DeVries ships were very well done. It seems a shame for all that excellent design work to not make it into X4.
I also hope that Egosoft have another pass at weapons and shields. Really, what is their obsession with SLOW projectiles and WEAK shields? Every single X game prior to X Rebirth- and I've been here since day one - has been modified by me with faster bullets and better shields, making for infinitely better combat. Period. Rebirth appeared to do things differently and, once hull shields were in (I made a mod for myself to do that initially) the weapons balance felt pretty good.
I'm looking forward to 3.0 and the DLC of course, but I'll likely not be playing it - other than to test perhaps - until Shuulo's excellent VRO mod is updated with its faster and
more varied projectiles and shields that actually work. Comparing the pure visual aspect of a vanilla fight and a VRO fight it's a different game and the balance feels pretty much spot on with larger ships feels harder - no more single
light fighter whittling away a Capital ships shields...that's just silly lol.
I do of course welcome the extra Sectors, the game needs it I think as it does feel small compared to X3 irrespective of however many cubic km it's technically larger. Plus it's good to see the Split back in force with their own unique ships. I would love it though if Egosoft
officially imported and converted many of the great Capital ships from Rebirth. Modders are doing it, so I expect it'd not be a huge effort for the team behind both games to make it official. An injection of a large number of ships would be fantastic - the designs are sat there, waiting
Scoob.