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Alright, so Psych brought up a point in IRC earlier: The Viper Mark II outclasses the Viper Mark VII. I'll post what he said:

QUOTE [Sun May 11 13:23:56] <+PsycH[yawn]> andon FYI
[Sun May 11 13:24:06] <+PsycH[yawn]> the viper mark II
[Sun May 11 13:24:15] <+PsycH[yawn]> kicks the everloving @#(! out of the Mark VII
[Sun May 11 13:24:23] <@Wurfie> po po
[Sun May 11 13:24:23] <+[Andon]> Howso?
[Sun May 11 13:24:26] <+PsycH[yawn]> that third gun is worthless
[Sun May 11 13:24:30] <+PsycH[yawn]> its mount is ugly
[Sun May 11 13:24:34] <+PsycH[yawn]> you waste ammo
[Sun May 11 13:24:37] <+PsycH[yawn]> and on top of that
[Sun May 11 13:24:50] <+PsycH[yawn]> the MK II is faster and more maneuverable
[Sun May 11 13:24:52] <+PsycH[yawn]> not to mention smaller
[Sun May 11 13:25:21] <+PsycH[yawn]> to put it bluntly, in an MK VII I got hosed, i switched to an MK II and stopped dying immediately
[Sun May 11 13:25:36] <+PsycH[yawn]> by the end of our DM, everyone was in MK II's
[Sun May 11 13:25:46] <+PsycH[yawn]> because anyone in an MK VII was a flying target[/quote]

What are your thoughts? How would you like to see the ships changed so that they are different but still equally viable?

give mk VII more rockets and more fuel?

I'm thinking of giving the VII more hull and the II the lower hull. Also give the VII more ammo rather than the II

and fix the third gunmount?

i think that if you fix the 3rd gunmount and maybe increase the ammo of the craft it will work

What are you guys referring to when you are saying fix the third gunmount?

I've no idea but perhaps the 3rd gun mount is farther from center than the others.

I like it the way it is.... this way I get to fly circles around everyone else!

Changes from 0.33A (Current on AU) to 0.33C:

Viper Mark II:
Max Speed reduced from 425 to 400
Ammo reduced from 3000 to 2000
HP Reduced from 350 to 300

Viper Mark VII:
Max Speed increased from 350 to 375
Ammo reduced from 2750 to 2250
HP increased from 300 to 400
Energy changed to 1600 and 0 regen
Third (Center top) gun changed to a 'Light KEW' that runs off of energy instead of ammo and does slightly less damage than KEW1

Ramaglor wrote:QUOTE (Ramaglor @ May 13 2008, 10:31 PM) I like it the way it is.... this way I get to fly circles around everyone else!

ram showed me the MKIV error of my ways, once converted to the way of the MKII there is no going back.