GaaveraIve noticed someting about the Farragut class cruiser: all of its major weapons systems are mostly concentrated on the sides. How does it fire and adversaires in front of it?

Septimus RavenI appreciate the feedback and i am also sorry about any misspelled words and so on and so forth

However, that does not change the fact that some things happening in the only viable 1:1 scale simulation of our galaxy currently available on the market are somewhat daft. And let's be honest with ourselves for a second, some weapon ranges could be improved a lil' bit. It's not crazy to think that a laser could be effective at 10 km and coupled with computer assisted tracking, could land a successful hit on a moving target situated at the afore mentioned range. But that's just wishful thinking, and same could be said about the idea of being able to gradually empty a haz res for example, by slowly nudging asteroids left and right between fights. I dunno, it just sounds like a neat little trick you could do if you're like me, and dislike accidentally bumping into them when your shields are low and you're fighting a 2 elite anaconda team (that actually happen today as a matter of fact)... y'know.. every once in a while, after a fight, waiting for the shields to charge and then you notice an asteroid and you just want to push it out of the field... but you can't... because the engine isn't programmed to handle the asteroids, just the ships.. and even then, weird things happen. Anyway, be that as it may, we all have our preferences. I've said my bit about my hopes and expectations, even made a few spelling errors (not a native english speaker, so sorry ) and to top it all off, i'm not even an expert in astrophysics... am i? Given that i lack some very basic notions regarding heat propagation and the way it influences propulsion or the lack of, and by extension, range.

But you don't need to be a scientist to notice some very protruding mishaps when it comes to realism in the game, and how they may be alleviated. If only. Don't hate me, i just like nitpicking.

M. LehmanFrontier themselves have stated that in any conflict between what makes for a more realistic game and what makes for a more fun game, they'll choose fun every time. This was evidenced in their rollout of the more visually interesting planet textures.

And don't get me started on the capital ships sitting there point-blank broadsiding each other...

GaaveraAnother lore question: as you know, both the empire and the federation base their military commands outside their capitol planets with the Imperial command on Facece, and the Feds on Eta Cassiopeia. would that be a little "strange" or "dangerous" to give the military its own "domain, rather than having everything based on the capitol?

Marra Morgan

GaaveraAnother lore question: as you know, both the empire and the federation base their military commands outside their capitol planets with the Imperial command on Facece, and the Feds on Eta Cassiopeia. would that be a little "strange" or "dangerous" to give the military its own "domain, rather than having everything based on the capitol?

Not at all - nations rarely if ever use their capital cities as military bases.