posted on January 4th, 2009, 6:41 pm
Last edited by Anonymous on January 4th, 2009, 6:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I am taking note of all the discussions and suggestions contributed by forum members and I am going to draw up a petition for the Galaxy Class. It will have saucer separation, it will be buildable at a yard, and it will have several abilites discussed and presented by forum members thus far. I do not particularly like the voting system because it's subject to controversy and can as the current poll sits there are too many options to vote for. The petition will avoid the ambiguity of voting and forum members will have the choice of signing the petition or not signing the petition....simple, legit, and straight forward.
However, I need more input from forum members before I draw up the petition. For instance, some of you have argued that the stats for the Galaxy as a whole are too high. That's fine but tell us what you think a reasonable offensive and defensive value would be for the Galaxy as a whole, stardrive, and saucer section. I don't believe separating the Galaxy should half the combat values. We're not taking a chainsaw and cutting the ship in half. Each section is capable of operating independently of eachother, therefore each section should have offensive and defensive values that reasonably reflect their combat capabilities.
What I believe is the stardrive should retain most of its combat strengths over the saucer since its primary purpose is to stay and fight while the saucer seeks safety. On the other hand, this does not mean that the saucer will be completely defenseless since we know it retains the primary phaser array and aft torpedo tube. However, it should have a reduction in combat values since it relies on power from the impulse engines only and lacks forward torpedo tubes.
The saucer would have a troop transport ability, but in the interest of keeping the game balanced the combat boost for troop transport should be researched at a yard or at Starfleet science. Does that sound like a good idea?
BTW, some of us have noticed that no Fleet Ops team members have posted a response to this thread. We would very much appreciate it if you would share your thoughts and ideas with us. For the most part, a good number of us have agreed on making a few changes to the Galaxy Class to make the game more balanced and accurately reflect the canon abilities of this particular class of ship. More importantly, how many signatures would you need to pass a petition for the changes to be made in
the major patch?
