Merging AU8 into hulls by default

[Goliath]

If your complaint is about lesser armor upgrades being useless (which they are), here is a solution - I have talked to Cameron previously about making the AUs have a mass, so they affect ship maneuverability and handling. This way, some people will excell with the weaker AUs while others will do better with the heavier ones.

Light Fighters would become completely useless as their only advantage is the maneuverability and handling +speed. Slowing it more than they are right now would completely compromise the class.

A few more examples:

Titan - it is already a moving brick. I honestly don't want to see it worse than a freighter in maneuverability.

Sabre - It would basically become the original Titan

Heavy Fighters - they would become literal VHFs with weaker hull, which is not looking good in my eyes.

Battleships - they are already incredibly slow in turn rate. Is it really needed to slow the ship even more?

Crusiers/ BCs - their only advantage against larger ships is agility. Take that and you'll make them smaller Battleships with more disatvantages than it is susposed to be.

I think you get the idea.


Now, maybe buffing the other armors are a good idea. And making them expensive (+20%) as Shelco said.
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