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Musashi Miyamoto
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Joined: October 30, 2010
Posts: 51
|  Posted: 2011-06-03 22:05
Ship Upgrades
HULL UPGRADES
reinforced hull - doubles hull hp. costs as much as the ships hull.
ablative hull - reduces damage done by missiles by 25% to the hull. cost 2500 resources. requires reinforced hull.
reflective hull - reduces damage done by energy weapons by 25% to the hull. 2500 resources. requires reinforced hull.
stealth hull - reduces ship signature by 25%. requires reinforced hull, ablative hull, and reflective hull. costs 7500 resources.
stealth hull Mk 2 - reduces ship signature by 20%. (scouts only). costs 12500 resources
Nano repair hull - Hull regenerates slowly. can be upgraded multiple times. Lvl 1 +1 hp per second +5% 1000 resources. Lvl 2 +2 hp per second
+10% hull 2500 resorces (3500 resources total). Lvl 3 +3 hp per second +15% hull 5000 resources (8500 resources total) Note: Hull hp % upgrades
do not carry on to next lvl therefore lvl 2 only provides +10% added hull hp and Lvl 3 offers only 15% extra hull hp from normal. Hull % added
only increases hull hp by the base hull hp and doesnt interact with reinforced hull.
PROPULSION UPGRADES
Energy efficient - engines produce 25% more energy and adds 25% more energy storage. (engines produce 10% energy at maximum speed. cost 5000
resources .
Advanced storage tecnigues - increases energy and jump drive fuel storage by 25%. costs 10500 resources. requires energy efficient.
solar sail - increases maximum ship speed by 50% and increase jump drive speed by 25%. costs 10000 resources
antimatter jump drive - increases jump drive speed by 50%. costs 12500 resources.
stealth drive - reduces energy signature from jumping by 75%. costs 20000 resources.
ftl drives - changes the jump drive to an ftl drive allowing jumping in an interdiction field. cost 750000 resources.
solar powered drive - -25% jump drive fuel usage in the sunlight.
WEAPON UPGRADES
energy focuser - +25% to energy weapons range and damage. costs 2500 resources.
advanced tracking system - +50% turn rate for missles and 25% more damage from them with 5% chance to deal doubled damage. costs 2500 resources.
HE torpedos - increases splash radius by 50% and increases damage by 25%. costs 2500 resources.
reload - -50% reload time and -25% to energy cost for all weapons. costs 7500 resources.
ARMOR UPGRADES
Emergency bulkheads - +25% armor hp. costs 2500 resources.
armor redundancy - +50% armor regeneration. Costs 2500 resouces (ugto only)
stealth armor - provides 3 minutes of optical camoflage. does not work against scanners. weapons fire on the ship disables it as well as weapons
fired by ship. permanent-25% ship signature from the ship +25% armor hp. 7500 resources.
solar collectors - provides extra energy for the ship when in direct sunlight. also recharges provides 10% faster recharge rates when in direct
sunlight. costs 2500 resources.
MINING BEAM UPGRADES
Er beam - doubles the range of the mining beam. 500 resources
Energy efficiency - -50% energy cost of mining beams. 2000 resources.
triple efficiency - 3x mining yield +100% mining rate. 5000 resources
extra mining beam - +1 slot for mining beam. Mining ships only. 10000 resources
ELECTRONIC WARFARE UPGRADES
Er ecm - -50% effectiveness loss from distance +25% effective
ange for ecms. 500 resources.
Er eccm - -50% effectiveness loss from distance +25% effective
ange for eccms. 500 resources.
Er scanner - -50% effectiveness loss from distance +25% effective
ange for scanners. 500 resources.
Energy efficient ecm - -50% energy consumption for ecms. 1500 resources.
Energy efficient eccm - -50% energy consumption for eccms. 1500 resources.
Energy efficient scanner - -50% energy consumption for scanners. 1500 resources.
SHIELD UPGRADES (ICC ONLY)
energy efficient - -50% energy consumption for shields. 2000 resources
Ion shielding - + 25% shield regeneration. 5000 resources
emergency shielding - +75% shield hp. for every reactor onboard ship +5% shield strength. 1000 resources.
INTERDICTOR UPGRADES (INTERDICTOR SHIPS ONLY)
er interdictor - +25% interdictor range +10% energy consumption. 7500 resources
advanced interdictor - prevents ftl drives from activating. 750000 resources
energy efficient -15% energy consumption. 7500 resources.
SPECIAL UPGRADES
efficient tractor - +25% tractor beam strength. 500 resources.
repulser (tractor beam upgrade) - allows tractor beams to push objects away. 250 resources
energy efficient tractor beam - -50% energy consumption from tractor beams. 500 resources.
energy efficient reactor - +25% energy production and storage by auxilary reactors. 1000 resources
WORMHOLE UPGRADES
double charge - doubles recharge rate of wormholes increases wormhole range by 5% increases wormhole duration by 10%. 10000 resources
energy efficient wormhole - -50% energy cost for wornholes. +5% wormhole range +10% wormhole duration. 5000 resources
er wormhole - +25% wormhole range +10% wormhole duration. 10000 resources
wormhole efficiency - +25% wormhole duration +5% wormhole range 5000 resources.
CARRIER UPGRADES
Fighter Hull Upgrade - +20 fighter hp pulse waves will only do 10 damage to fighters with this upgrade.
Bay upgrade - +5 fighter capacity
Fighter constructor upgrade - New fighters can be built so long as there are 50 resources onboard the ship. +1 fighter every 5 secs. Note: Constructer can only resupply fighter bays and then only if the max fighter limit hasnt been reached.
Fighter Damage - +10 fighter weapons damage
Fighter engine - +50% fighter speed.
Fighter laser - +1 small CL. Small cl never misses, has 50au range, and does 10 damage per hit.
Rapid fire upgrade - +100% weapons fire rate for fighters.
Added Shield - +1 small shield shield protects fighter from 5 damage. ICC only
Added Armor - +1 small armor protects fighter from an additional 10 damage. UGTO and K'luth only.
SHIP UPGRADES
Added armor - +1 hull slot Cost 20000 resources
Added Shield - +1 Shield slot (ICC only) 20000 resources
Added Energy Weapon - +1 Laser slot 20000 resources
Added Launchers - +1 projectile slot 20000 resources
Added Engine - +1 Engine Slot 20000 resources
Added Reactor - +1 reactor slot 20000 resources
Added Tracor Beam - +1 tractor slot 5000 resources
Extra Storage - +1 cargo slot 5000 resources
Added construction drone - +1 construction slot 25000 (engineer ships only)
Added resupply - +1 resupply slot 10000 resources (resupply ships and stations only)
Note: ship upgrades cannot be taken twice for each and also ships are can have only a limited number of upgrades
Scout = 1 added slots
Frigate = 2 added slots
Dessie = 3 added slots
Cruiser = 4 added slots
Dread = 5 added slots
Station = 6 aded slots
Ship Specialization
Combat Specialization
Projectile Specialization - Projectile damage +75%, range +50, fire rate +50% energy weapons range, damage, fire rate -50% and -5% energy production. 2000 resources
Energy Specialization - Energy weapon damage +75%, range +50%, fire rate +50%, projectile range, damage, fire rate -50%, and -5% energy production. 2000 resources
Rapid Reload Specialization - +100% weapons fire rate, -50% energy production 2000 resources
Balanced - no bonuses or drawbacks.
Energy Specialization
Power saver - +50% energy storage -25% energy production 2000 resouces
Max performance - +50% energy production -75% energy storage 2000 resources
Balanced - no bonuses or drawbacks.
Repair Specialization
Repair prioritization - +50% repair rate of components and +25% armor regeneration. -25% energy production 2000 resources
Balanced - no bonuses or drawbacks.
Drone Specialization
Fast drones - -50% build time, -15% energy production. 2000 resources
Balanced - no bonuses or drawbacks.
combat specializations are separate from all other types of specializations as well as all other specializations.
Everything is debatable if you have any suggestions feel free to do so.
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 00:59
Do you realise that there is no specific 'standard' ship hull in DarkSpace, which could be modified with these upgrades? And, do you also realise that things capable of improving a ship's strength called 'enhancements' exist? We don't need a second set of enhancers by the name of upgrades.
Resources as medium of exchange for upgrades? One can just build a terran planet (or worse, home planet) specialised in mining resources, and in a few hours a dozen players will have every upgrade.
The idea of upgrades which can improve the performance of a ship substantially over other similar ships without the expenditure of real money does not have a reason to be implemented, nor does it have enough limiting factors to keep the system from becoming unbalanced.
Why should you be permitted the possession of a ship that is superior than other ships, if you haven't earned or bought the right to it?
Sorry to say, but you apparently wasted a lot of time on devising something unimportant to the game. Had this been a suggestion about new types of enhancements, it would have a chance to be implemented ingame.
[ This Message was edited by: Brahmastra*SCO2*(COPS) on 2011-06-04 01:09 ]
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Rebel Retribution
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Joined: January 23, 2006
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From: Hillsboro, OR
| Posted: 2011-06-04 01:18
what he said ^
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CM7
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Joined: October 15, 2009
Posts: 1812
| Posted: 2011-06-04 04:32
i can see your passion.
but with only four days of in game time, id like to kindly ask, that you put more time into the game, unlock all ships, befor suggesting how to make it better.
Right now, Dreadnaughts probably look like a own all ship.. And stations like the GODs of olympia...
Time will give you proper perspective on DS ballance, and why things are the way they are.
happy hunting
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Ravendark
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Joined: July 01, 2010
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 05:39
"stealth armor - provides 3 minutes of optical camoflage. does not work against scanners. weapons fire on the ship disables it as well as weapons" now isnt that like having a cloak device? its silly. althou idea is very teasing, but its way out of this game. if you could adapt these ideas into form of enhancments, might actually work
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Drafell
Grand Admiral
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Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
| Posted: 2011-06-04 06:42
@Musashi Miyamoto: Thank you for our feedback. It is good to see people trying to come up with ideas to improve DarkSpace. Unfortunately your current suggestions do not fit the vision of DarkSpace that we are currently working towards.
@Everyone Else: Just because a player has limited game times does not mean that something they suggest may not be of use. Often some of the best and most obvious improvements come from those players.
This kind of input is encouraged, even if it seems the Staff largely ignore what is suggested.
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Nax
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Joined: May 12, 2005
Posts: 768
| Posted: 2011-06-04 09:01
I like that last part. Some of the best idea's come from those who weren't part of the current scheme and aren't *invested* in it personally.
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Musashi Miyamoto
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Posts: 51
| Posted: 2011-06-06 10:26
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On 2011-06-04 00:59, Brahmastra*SCO2*(COPS) wrote:
Do you realise that there is no specific 'standard' ship hull in DarkSpace, which could be modified with these upgrades? And, do you also realise that things capable of improving a ship's strength called 'enhancements' exist? We don't need a second set of enhancers by the name of upgrades.
Resources as medium of exchange for upgrades? One can just build a terran planet (or worse, home planet) specialised in mining resources, and in a few hours a dozen players will have every upgrade.
The idea of upgrades which can improve the performance of a ship substantially over other similar ships without the expenditure of real money does not have a reason to be implemented, nor does it have enough limiting factors to keep the system from becoming unbalanced.
Why should you be permitted the possession of a ship that is superior than other ships, if you haven't earned or bought the right to it?
Sorry to say, but you apparently wasted a lot of time on devising something unimportant to the game. Had this been a suggestion about new types of enhancements, it would have a chance to be implemented ingame.
[ This Message was edited by: Musashi Miyamoto on 2011-06-06 10:33 ]
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This is why the resource cost has to be debatable and also these upgrades are permanent how about 1 billion resources per upgrade would that make u happy OR 500 dollars to get 1. Im not saying that its perfect and also 200 tech would be a requirment of all of them making mining facilities too few to get them in just a few hours. Enhancers as far as i know only last a short time. Uprades are PERMANENT and then if that still doesnt make u happy or satisfied then every time a ship with upgrades is destroyed itll cost 100 million resources per upgrade just to fly it again or all upgrades are lost. still not satisfied with that heres another rule any ship with upgrades cannot have ANY enhancers applied to it regardless of what they do even if it does something not related to combat. its critics like you that make player feel bad about posting new ideas and may nvr post another idea again because they think some1 like u is just gonna tear it down again. I myself am a high critic "but saying an idea is a waste of time is more along the lines of bullying" which my friend once said. I personnally would nvr say something as vicious as that, i know a lot of ppl take their time to come up with ideas only for some1 to shoot it down with words like that.
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From: Dres-Kona
| Posted: 2011-06-06 10:29
I think they should be lost when your ship is killed/dies.
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| Posted: 2011-06-06 15:28
Just to letcha know buddy, the interdictor class ships Interdictor Subsystem already DOES stop all FTL traffic, AND prevents FTL from being used inside it's range when turned on. Sad to say, your idea about the dictors is kinda useless.
Otherwise, I like alot of your suggestions.
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CM7
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| Posted: 2011-06-06 21:38
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On 2011-06-04 09:01, Nax wrote:
I like that last part. Some of the best idea's come from those who weren't part of the current scheme and aren't *invested* in it personally.
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Maybe.. But even after nearly two years, and 70 days of in-game time, I only have 1/3 of the picture. I just feel like one should at least have experience in what he/she is trying to change. Especially so when it comes to game play mechanics.
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Dakili
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Joined: June 07, 2007
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From: Quebec
| Posted: 2011-06-07 01:15
Why not.. losing them once you die. BUT..... You CANT have thoses upgrades and enh at the same time. But Id say to up the res cost at least by 10x for some stuff if not even more.
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Enterprise
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Joined: May 19, 2002
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From: Hawthorne, Nevada
| Posted: 2011-06-07 05:06
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On 2011-06-04 06:42, Drafell wrote:
@Everyone Else: Just because a player has limited game times does not mean that something they suggest may not be of use. Often some of the best and most obvious improvements come from those players.
This kind of input is encouraged, even if it seems the Staff largely ignore what is suggested.
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They are also usually the most basic and easy to implement ones. And outside perspective is nice. Radical introductions that fundamentally change the balancing dynamic in the game and would require plenty of time to implement, code and test... not so much. There is a world of difference between suggesting that there should be an enhancment that removes your ship trails and a suggestion that there should be free, easy to aquire upgrades that drastically increase your ships potential.
I'd say this one would definitely fall into the second catagory. So yeah, I would definitely say play the game a bit more before leaping to wild boundaries.
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From: The land of venomous reptiles.
| Posted: 2011-06-07 20:14
if they have such a powerful advantage, there should be a weakness like,
Experimental Reactor: increases energy, massive explosion when killed.
If they have such powerful benefits, there should be a weakness or possibly 1 or 2 health.
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