Dear author of the mod, why couldn't you make the Ships like in VRO, when the ships have main calibers... For example, Akita could have been made a support frigate, with regular guns. And for example, Kitsune could have been made exclusively a missile frigate (the missile launchers would have been hidden in the hull), but without main batteries, and torpedo launchers instead of forward weapons. The ships are very good. But I like the way they are made in VRO better.
I set Akita price to 1/3 of it's original value and it fits escort role very well. It supposed to be missile armed anti fighter light frigate/tranport. reasonably fast. Maybe a bit larger missile storage though.
Hello, to the kitsune. In the encyclopedia for "Hull-mounted torpedo container" storage capacity is "0". But it has to say “1”. I think that will be the reason that no cruise missile can be fired. Because the drop container cannot load!
I've tried the 2 ships in VRO and found out that they are very problematic once mixed in fleets. 1. Akita has range problems since it can only equip M weapons and turrets and needs to be close to its target to attack, however it also does not target it effectively especially with Xenon K, I, stations and surface elements. A good solution for this is to let the other 2 M turret slots under the ship to equip missile turrets and let the 4 weapon slot support missiles and torpedoes and make the ship very versatile. 2. Kitsune AI rarely fires the torpedoes or does not fire them, most probably due to targeting problems on the AI. I think it would be better to just create a terran cruise missile turret that is exclusive to it and let use those shadow missiles just like skirnir. It also makes it very controllable and would suffer less from targeting issues. 3. Triton frigate is superior to both of them since it can equip long range L turrets. Dual starburst turrets or dual rotary is very good in gate defence and fleet defence.
I have to agree with what others have said here. These ships are visually stunning, but abysmal in their performance. They are simply out-classed in every single way by anything else in their weight class.
It would be amazing if these beautiful ships got a refit at some point to bring them up to snuff, or if Lint gave the community permission to publish variant(s).
As it stands, all that these ships do is weaken the Terrans, and anyone else wasting credits on these ships.
Hi there, have you checked out the Kitsune yet? It was made to be a late-game ship that excels at long range combat, should be what you want in term of combat performance
Hi , unfortunately i can't find the blueprint for there missiles (Cruise and Shield Piercing) The Kitsune has all turret on bottom... (In the last VRO Version)
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For example, Akita could have been made a support frigate, with regular guns.
And for example, Kitsune could have been made exclusively a missile frigate (the missile launchers would have been hidden in the hull), but without main batteries, and torpedo launchers instead of forward weapons.
The ships are very good. But I like the way they are made in VRO better.
Edit: Saw on steam that it works, besides the old bugs.
1. Akita has range problems since it can only equip M weapons and turrets and needs to be close to its target to attack, however it also does not target it effectively especially with Xenon K, I, stations and surface elements. A good solution for this is to let the other 2 M turret slots under the ship to equip missile turrets and let the 4 weapon slot support missiles and torpedoes and make the ship very versatile.
2. Kitsune AI rarely fires the torpedoes or does not fire them, most probably due to targeting problems on the AI. I think it would be better to just create a terran cruise missile turret that is exclusive to it and let use those shadow missiles just like skirnir. It also makes it very controllable and would suffer less from targeting issues.
3. Triton frigate is superior to both of them since it can equip long range L turrets. Dual starburst turrets or dual rotary is very good in gate defence and fleet defence.
I've noticed the Akita shares a ship name with a ship from the Terran Cruisers mod.
Disregard I've been installing the mod incorrectly and am partially dyslexic xDIs there a way to change the name ourselves?
It would be amazing if these beautiful ships got a refit at some point to bring them up to snuff, or if Lint gave the community permission to publish variant(s).
As it stands, all that these ships do is weaken the Terrans, and anyone else wasting credits on these ships.
The Kitsune has all turret on bottom... (In the last VRO Version)