For T4 ships, with their significant size, I think some new larger weapons are needed. Current values are already the product of such work, so I think they're already on the right track. Instead, weapons other blocks themselves could stand to be readjusted. Too much time has passed, too much work done that would have to be replicated. But I don't think CPU costs can be adjusted anymore. This isn't to say CPU is perfectly balanced. A T4 ship has 667% of the CPU of a T3, but can barely even double its firepower. At worst, block limits strangles the very concept of a battleship in its crib. A T1 SV with six 15 mm guns is very well armed, for instance. At best, block limits are moot because CPU has already moderated the design so they are not reached. But when block limits only allow you to outfit a random assortment of disparate weapons worth 4.5% of a T4 ship's CPU allotment instead of cohesive and useful primary, secondary, and tertiary batteries, they are causing pointless harm. The limitations of solar power would be meaningless if you could add infinite solar panels, for instance. They dictate which weapons may be on your ship in spite of your choices. Finding the right balance to fulfill a structure's purpose is gameplay.īlock limits frustrate CPU. Armor, weapons, propulsion, power, cargo capacity, everything pulls against everything else. It effects every part of design exponentially. They are hard limits that effect every ship you make, and cannot be worked around.ĬPU limitation I know to be a gameplay system. What I do know is that they can't be interacted with. I know the option to disable them came sometime in alpha 7.3, but not if they were meant for technical or gameplay purposes. I don't know when or why block limits started. You could have literally thousands of turrets if you built it right. So my above example of numbers goes even farther. I think I could reasonably build a CV sans weapons for 3-4 million CPU. Your best option would always be to just stack crap tons of turrets. Weapon CPU cost vs thruster CPU cost is so far off that there would be no viable tradeoff between the two. With those numbers, just say goodbye to decent framerates. So that's 300 something rocket turrets, or about 150 plasma/artillery, 1200 miniguns, or 2300 flak.

I could go over by another million before seeing any noticeable performance hit. With 2mil spare CPU on a fully kitted CV, I can then add 206 rocket turrets without going over the 10mil limit. If I only use 12 XL, I think that'll leave me around 2mil CPU to play around with considering all the other stuff needed and how I usually build ships I can have two XLs in each direction, making my ship go stupid fast. As that's most likely what you'll be swapping out. Divide the CPU cost of an XL thruster by the CPU cost of a turret.

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