Upcoming Battleship Changes for Discovery 4.90.1 Patch 4

[Antonio]

Discovery Freelancer 4.90.1 Patch 4 Balance Changes

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After we did a general patch mostly focusing on bugfixes and VHFs, we'll be focusing on 1-2 classes per patch. We'll start off with battleships as they're the most popular cap class in the game and need attention. These changes will be implemented in the next scheduled patch.

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Battleships

Valor

-Turn rate: 9.17 -> 11.46
-Forward gun velocity: 580 -> 950

Ever since the forward gun nerf Valor isn't what it used to be anymore. It's also one of the slowest turning battleships in the game which is just too low. In order to return it to its previous strong state we're rebuffing the forward gun and turn rate.

Overlord

-Powercore: Medium -> Light
-Heavy turrets: 3 -> 2
-Light turrets: 4 -> 5

Liberty dreadnought has consistently been one of the best battleships in the game due to its great shape as a medium battleship. Considering the difference between it (and most mediums) compared to a light one is so little and the advantages are so great, it's becoming a standard light battleship.

Dunkirk

-Powercore: Medium -> Light
-Heavy turrets: 3 -> 2
-Light turrets: 4 -> 5
Turn rate: 10.31 -> 9.71

Same as Libdread except it's also losing a bit of turn rate as well.

Jormungand

-Powercore: Medium -> Heavy
-Upscaled by 15%
-Heavy turrets: 3 -> 4
-Forward gun efficiency: 0.4 -> 0.6, speed: 580 -> 400, range: 3k -> 5k

The signature sieging ship lacked the proper firepower to truly be considered as the greatest. Considering it's fatter than its medium colleagues mentioned above turning it into a light battleship'd be tricky so it's getting upscaled to a heavy battleship size and turned into a proper heavy battleship to siege POBs even quicker. The forward gun is becoming a siege weapon perfectly suited for Jorm's new role.

Murmillo

-Turn rate: 11.46 -> 8.71

Murmillo has great shape and size which makes dodging fire easy. Considering it can strafe well already, we're nerfing its turn rate a bit.

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Gun changes

Hellbore/Mons Meg Turret: REMOVED

They're being removed due to the change below.


Cerberus Battleship Turret: Range 1750 -> 3500

Cerbs are being reverted to 4.86 state to make battleship fights more interesting again.


Solaris Gatling Turret: Refire rate 8.00 -> 16.67, Power consumption: 6600 -> 3300

Solaris gatlings should be the ultimate snub counter but right now the stats are underwhelming and don't reflect that.

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That's all for now, thank you for your attention. Feedback is welcome!

Credits to:
@Antonio
@Titan*
@Gagadug.

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EDIT: THIS WAS AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE.

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[Black Smoke]

Sigh... When will this day pass..

[Emperor Tekagi]

I approve the Cerb change.

[Thyrzul]

I approve the Cerb change.

I'll approve it once it gets confirmed to be valid tomorrow.

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[Spectre]

Sigh... When will this day pass..

Not quick enough

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[sasapinjic]

Solaris Gatling shuld have been improved long ago, but even this Buff will not be enough to help them.

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[Reddy]

Good.
Make valor forword gun shoot baguettes that do 3millon damage
Also make a missle that says vive le france whenever it hit a target.
Overall i like all these changes.
A solid 5/7

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[TheShooter36]

I approve the changes, regardless of its april fools or not. Still, you could make Valor turning with 10.08 to match with redemption and give it 5th Heavy, PLUS a Torpedo Launcher on top of its FWG ))

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[Thunderer]

Happy April the 1st!

PS: If you ever get serious about buffing BS Gatlings, don't buff their refire. Remove their spread instead. They can't hit a target smaller than a cruiser, which is standing still, no matter the refire.

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[Reeves]

This should be moved to flood.

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