(10-31-2013, 12:19 AM)LunaticOnTheGrass Wrote: Honestly something that I feel makes some sense in regards to their nerf is how old the Sabre and Eagle lines are.
Both are still very viable, reliable ships, but as technology continues to improve in the colonies, the Eagle and Sabre might start to become outdated in the eyes of groups. Corporate entities like IC might try using the spiffy new Renzu line. The Maltese decided at long last to usher in the new incarnation of their shipline and relegate the venerable Borderworlds ships to secondary and tertiary pilot duty.
Honestly I like to imagine that situation in a RP-able context like that.
The thing I find weird with the eagle at least, is that it went from being a perfectly useable ship to being really awful. The only RP reasoning I can think of is that someone simultaneously sabotaged every CTE Eagle in existence. Same applies for Sabre too really.