(06-23-2014, 10:49 PM)Zayne Carrick Wrote: Exactly. Now, who will sacrifice his cau8 on BC/gunboat in order to get 2 minutes in cloak?
You know, that it's simplier to add 3 new ammos to bases than completely rework cargoholds of dozens ships?
Yeah, that's the thing, the current system discourages CAU8 cloaking battleships/battlecruisers, or CAU8 cloaking gunboats. With capital ships, you would have to sacrifice your CAU8 for a few minutes more of cloak time, if you plan to go farther cloaked. You get more time to gain tactical advantage, or intel, but lose the blanket of maxed armor. Yes, people are sacrificing their CAU8 for a few extra minutes. I see no problem with this.
I think not changing the current system is much less work than the latter, and that changing the cargo holds of GB's (just as an example of a few possible tweaks) would result in less uncertainty in the outcome. Its a far less minor a change, as far as effect on the gameplay goes, than overhauling the whole cloak system. Averaging the cargo hold size on GB's to around 600+ is good for cloaks yes, but also to increase their general usage ability. Since most can already mount a CAU8, is it that threatening to add on 200 more units for cargo? Then GB's would have the option to go armorless, or simple UAU, and get decent cloak time of 5-6 mins (and perhaps not even on all gunboats) I know its a beta, I just find that adding a new countermeasure or buffing cargo holds, is less damaging to the current gameplay many people are invested in, not to mention the effect on the RP side as well.