[Tuning changes in 1.6]

On 1/16/2019 at 6:44 PM, Jestersage said:

It need to be OP. That's what DLC is for. Industrial standard.

Yeah, I get that.

I've just thrown some money in Squads' direction, literally just now, got my hands on these things for the first time, and... no. Just no.

The J-2 Skiff would have been an excellent opportunity for a bigger Poodle (or smaller Rhino) with something on the order of 500kN@345s. Yes, it would declass the Poodle and possibly the Skipper as well, but *handwave* just place it high up in the tech tree and you're set. We could definitely make do with a ARM-class 2.5m engine, but they let that opportunity go to waste.

It would also have been a chance to introduce another Eve lifter engine. There's a lot of room between the Mammoth/Vector and everything else that could arguably be explored, but nope. Didn't even think of that, it seems.

So at least we got a superior deep-space engine to up-end the Poodle, but why they chose the SPS Wolfhound for that role is beyond me. Or why it has to be so ridiculously OP -- you literally cannot show that engine in polite company, it's barred from all challenges. A nerf to 380 seconds won't help that.

I certainly appreciate the Gemini pod and 5m tanks. And the engine plates are positively great, better than anything I've seen in mods. The engines, however... If only someone had warned them.

[Opt-in Prerelease for 1.1!]

1 hour ago, KasperVld said:

store simply wouldn't be up for it

I'd really like to know what the trouble with rsync was / is. (For those who don't know: it was rsync that made the patcher work).

Edit: lest I forget, you are awesome! This is a great idea, even if I don't get to join in.