If you wanna talk about 99%, then that's exactly the average ratio of balancing this great mod has. Now I don't even want to waste my precious time entering the "ZoI" argument, but as to the weapons, are you really reading well, chopper? As most said, the Viper is actually better than all nomad fighter ships. The Nomad Fighter (new LF) has some good armor but it's weapons are not that good and it's relatively easy to hit because of it's wide hitbox from sides, and even from the front it eats homing weapons like hell. The Nomad Assasin does indeed have 7 hardpoints, but 4 of them are class 9 and the other 3 are class 10, which means it's a heavier, lesser-armed counterpart of the Raven's Claw with more armor but reduced maneuvers; what are you whining about?
As for the Keeper's alleged "uber" equipment, check again. The Mini-Razor uses less energy and deals more damage than its Nomad counterpart, the Nomad Torpedo. The "Lesser" Nomad Lasers are class 9 versions of exclusive Nomad weapons, and type I or type II only indicates their fire rate, like the difference between an "universal" Nomad Energy Blaster or Nomad Energy Cannon. The Lesser NLaser type I, for example, deals 475 damage at 4.00 rate with 700 speed, which means anything you said about the Krakens being worse is bullcrap. It's even less powerful than the Reavers or Salamancas for crying out loud. And if you want to talk about the Nomad Laser Types I, II and III, they also are balanced variants of the same damage at different refire rates, the NL Type III acting as a slightly faster ONYX (2.00 rate) with a high drain but obviously not as powerful as most codes, the Onyx being one of the weakest. The Types I and II are 4.00 and 3.03 fire rate, respectively, and are a bit more powerful than human-mountable NECs or NEBs but still do not match middle class codes in terms of damage and drain. To add a bit more, the Assasin as I said earlier has 4x class 9 HP's and 3x class 10's, so those Keepers can't quite match the firepower of a well-armed 6/0 fighter, now, can they?
Please, do not comment unless you are well-informed as most of us are, and if you want to whine and embarass the name of BSG I suggest you don't do it over a public forum, or you might get really flamed or kicked out in the worst case.
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