It is still big. It still packs impressive firepower. It definitely looks like it belongs with the whole civilian line of fighters such as the Eagle, Griffin, Roc, but it also has some Titan thrown in. This is a good thing. It fits with the universe.
I have enjoyed flying the new Spatial around the 4.87 universe, but have one complaint: I almost always have to speed dock.
If you allow regular docking to happen at most bases (not planets) then the Spatial's VERY WIDE wings get snagged up. This means you have to F1 out of it and leave your ship in space so you can log back in and dock properly.
Here are some example pics:
When you speed dock you basically trick the base to "jump dock" you, which is something that automatically happens for a lot of larger ship classes.
Since the normal docking maneuver won't work for the spatial on many (if not most) bases, the solution is probably to not let it use berths.
In the shiparch it says:
mission_property = can_use_berths
I figure if you change that to "mission_property = can_use_med_moors" then we
Spatial pilots would probably have better luck.
Until then, I try to speed dock whenever possible. Certain bases are problematic, though.
Another approach would be to enlarge/optimize the base cmps. I know that the new Spatial can dock normally at the miningbase_FragB bases (like Alcudia Supply Station) in Omicron Lambda, so maybe it would be worthwhile to look at the docking on that base and copy it for other base types.