(05-12-2019, 03:10 PM)TLI-Inferno Wrote: I am not poor in skill at flying transports. I am unstoppable in pretty much any transport; even ones not meant for fighting. If you don't believe me, you can bring any fighter, bomber, SHF, or transport to Connecticut, and have a duel with me. You won't win.
Then you’re clearly coping just fine with what’s currently available.
(05-12-2019, 03:10 PM)TLI-Inferno Wrote: However, there's a difference between being able to defend yourself, and being able to defend another ship. To protect someone else, you have to be faster, and have faster guns. These frigates are meant to serve in groups, protecting other ships. To do that, they have to be fast.
I have used all kinds of freighters and transports. However, a freighter's 500-600 cargo space makes it unsuitable as a transport ship. We're not asking for a 5k powertrading ship. If it was about money, we'd just fly a 5k-er, and make more money anyway because pirates nowadays ask for only 2 million credits. The cargo space of 2k-3k is simply to make it suitable as a transport.
I have 24 pelicans. I know what they're like. But that's not what we're asking for.
Making any transport capable of holding their own as well as defending others seems to go against the nature of transports really. They are supposed to be vulnerable.
To me it seems there’s just too much overlap. Taking the best of each class and not really giving much back. It would probably hollow out alot of other sub-classes.