Discovery 4.87 Balance "Leak of the Day" Thread

[aerelm]

Restart Templates:

Every faction now has its own restart template which provides a moderately equipped civilian shuttle, 25000 credits, +1.0 rep to the regular faction with faction ID mounted, -0.4 rep to its respective guard, parked on the guard base selling snubcrafts of the owning faction.

• Liberty:
  LiCivilian*, LiPolice, LiNavy, LiLSF, LiRogue, LiHacker, LiXenos, LiHellfire**
  
• Bretonia:
  BrCivilian*, BrPolice, BrArmy, BrBIS, BrMolly, BrGaian, BrWild**
  
• Kusari:
  KuCivilian*, KuPolice, KuNavy, KuKPT, KuHogosha, KuAlliance, KuDragon, KuGC, KuExiles, KuWild**
  
• Rheinland:
  RhCivilian*, RhPolice, RhMilitary, RhMND, RhBundschuh, RhHessian, RhLWB, RhUnioner, RhWild**
  
• Gallia:
  GaCivilian*, GaPolice, GaNavy, GaCouncil, GaMaquis, GaCorse, GaBrigand, GaJunker
  
• Hispania:
  HsCorsairCo, HsCorsairBw, HsOutcastCo, HsOutcastBw***
  
• Freelancer:
  FreelancerLi (Barrier Gate), FreelancerRh (Heisenberg), FreelancerBw (Freeport 9)
  
• Independent Factions:
  fcZonerCo, fcZonerBw***, fcJunker, fcIMG, fcGMG, fcBHG, fcCore
  fcOrder, fcCoalition, fcColonial, fcAI, fcNomad, fcReaper, fcPhantom**

* House Civilian restarts provide +0.3 rep with every house faction, for independent or corporation characters.
** Restarts colored gray are not planned to be used on Disco GC and are only included for use on other Discovery servers.
*** Factions with two restarts provide the choice between core space navmap or the borderworlds and are otherwise identical.

[Sava]

That's not a balance leak you Banana!
Gimme moar!

[aerelm]

It's still a gameplay balance, even if not a PvP balance.

Also, I don't mind you callin me that, since it's somewhat true.. just don't do it on forums.

[belarusich]

*Kneels*

Thanks!

Bretonia Wild - something strange, I thought there are only Kusari and Rheinland Wilds...

EDIT: Ah, Tau-117...

EDIT2: Kempetei\BIS\MND will get KSP Guard\BAF Guard\RM Guard full rep? It is needed for bying these IDs

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[Narcotic]

Bretonia Wild - something strange, I thought there are only Kusari and Rheinland Wilds...

There's also Libertonian and Gallic wilds - you just can't know it.


Anyways, I wonder if the gray colored restarts will be available with passwords?

And maybe give all the official factions their own restart, where only they have access to (with password), and which'd also add the faction tag (rename) at the same time?

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[Yber]

And maybe give all the official factions their own restart, where only they have access to (with password), and which'd also add the faction tag (rename) at the same time?

What for? Do they restart with a cau VIII liberty dread or something?

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inb4 Sirius gets renamed to XTF.

[aerelm]

Guard full rep? It is needed for bying these IDs

There's been a tweak in the IDs and their availability in 4.87, so you don't need to guard rep your char to get those IDs, though the IDs are not my department, so I'm not gonna spoil it.

As for the password protected restarts, that'd require FLHook magic. I don't see how it's necessary but if it's implemented making faction-specific restarts won't be a problem. That said, I don't think it'd ever get in. Faction tag passwords are already somewhat of a problem when they're handed to people who're not part of the faction. Imagine the mess if a Wild or a Phantom restart password leaks and people start messing around on ships they're not supposed to be using.

[Ursus]

Class 7 guns* will be revamped and will be exclusive to light fighters, and will be turned into burst guns. Light fighters using the same guns as VHFs has been causing problems similar to what we had back when bombers had access to VHF guns. This is not a nerf, but more of a performance improvement for light fighters, as with their new guns the stats can be adjusted specific to LF needs without having to worry about them being abused on VHFs.

Just catching up with this thread, and wondering if you can elaborate more on this point?

I like the Renzu bomber, that's a better use for that model

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Discovery 24/7 Negotiating Tactics:

[Govedo13]

aerelm great work with the restarts.
I would wait for more input later on transports and guns balance.

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Official faction players that are often accused of elitism, never deploy them and have those weird, immersion killing "fair fight/dueling" suicidal hobbies. (yes, i've seen enough of those lolduels, where house military with overwhelming force on the field willingly loses a pilot in a duel. ffs.)

[OllO]

i know that no one wanted my opinion. but as a visitor who likes to help...

Please keep the current restart system ( only house restarts ). When something comes easy....it will fade easy!