Liberty Carrier Replacement ?

[Vogel]

RP wise they should stay.

Practically speaking they have no reason to.

I understand this. But the most any "Battleship" has ever had in terms of aircraft was the occasional scout plane; this makes sense in Freelancer because any hangar shots you ever see never have that many fighters in view (the most I recall was something like four aboard the Osiris). A ship meant to be armored to Hell and back and equipped with the largest hardest-hitting guns, is not meant to carry wings of fighters. About the argument of the size: Battleships are big too, but their bulk goes to another purpose.

What would fit would be something like a 'Battle Carrier', a heavily armed and armored "Super Capital Ship" that can do all those roles at once. Starlancer had similar: some of its carriers like the Pukov and Czar were ridiculously huge with plenty of capability towards slagging other capital ships by themselves. But Freelancer got rid of carriers altogether, even when Starlancer and all the Wing Commanders featured them as the primary fighting vessel. Why? Because in Freelancer you fly a fighter that has unlimited endurance; no fuel, ammo's not necessary, no oxygen, no rations, etc. Therefore the most you'd need would be a big thing with big guns for big stuff; the fighters would magically fly everywhere. But that doesn't make much sense in a 'realistic' sense does it? Do entire battlefleets move around with their pilots stuck in their fighters the whole time? Of course not. Would a ship meant to have the thickest armor, the strongest shields, and the largest weapons be capable of fielding all these fighters? No; it betrays the definition of "Dreadnought" or "Battleship".

Keep or drop, it doesn't make a whole lot of difference; to me the only true fix is to wipe the "battleships" altogether.

[Varok]

What Vogel is saying has very much sense. Carriers used only for RP because there isnt any 'docking on player caps' feature.

As Vogel said, Carriers are just some buffed capital ships.

Note: Freelancer is not a simulator. It is very far from reality, so, it is pretty impossible to make it realisc. It is a game played just for fun.

[schlurbi]

What Vogel is saying has very much sense. Carriers used only for RP because there isnt any 'docking on player caps' feature.

Ah yeah? Tell that to the People that cry and whine about the Carriers, because they aren't dockable or spawn NPCs around them.

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[Jeremy Hunter]

HEY, I said Battlecarrier along time ago, when Kimji was making afreaking Aurora Class!!!!!

*glares*

ANd to repeat, all the bulk is for another purpose...

Carriers add a new element (makes more sense if they resupply fighters) and should stay.

-Jeremy

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[Korolia]

Same way you did mine, you made your models the focus of the thread, when the original question did not involve your models at all.

You wanted to replace models for which I had already made models for. If anything, you attempted to hijack my models.

And this thread if on Liberty Carrier replacement.
The models I proposed are all to that purpose.

Feeling a bit angsty?

This said, I am working already on a third prototype.
There's also the model Seth Karlos provided. Which I sorta like, but we'd need more screen of it.

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[Geeky]

You wanted to replace models for which I had already made models for. If anything, you attempted to hijack my models.

And this thread if on Liberty Carrier replacement.
The models I proposed are all to that purpose.

Feeling a bit angsty?

This said, I am working already on a third prototype.
There's also the model Seth Karlos provided. Which I sorta like, but we'd need more screen of it.

I wanted to replace models you already had models for..? please you hadnt even submitted them.

And.. in addition i never said i would even submit it.

[Turkish]

You wanted to replace models for which I had already made models for. If anything, you attempted to hijack my models.

And this thread if on Liberty Carrier replacement.
The models I proposed are all to that purpose.

Feeling a bit angsty?

This said, I am working already on a third prototype.
There's also the model Seth Karlos provided. Which I sorta like, but we'd need more screen of it.

Err... People can model whatever they want, and post whatever they want. As long as you haven't made a submission it's not really hijacking unless it was posted in your thread.

I see it more along the lines of healthy competition when two parties work on projects with the same goal, helps keep diversity.

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