ships improvements

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In the ship creation panel, I can choose from a (long) list of drives. One of them is always better (i.e. lower space, lower cost). Why bother should all the others (which I won't choose unless I'm crazy) ?
The same with each weapon class.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I suspect that when the balancing is done for beta 4 that we will see this all change.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Also i have researched up to 5 drives and all of them have a movement of 1.
I thought in beta 2 the movements per drive increased.
What appears to happen is the next one is smaller giving you the oppurtunity to add more than one engine instead
I haven't checked to see if the same is happening to weapon damage yet
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
yes, that's mostly the same with weapons, although you sometimes get weapons with a bsic damage of 2 or 3.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
It could be balancing, but its equally valid to say that you are supposed to add more smaller drives to increase movement rather than using a single more powerful drive. So the earlier techs at least give you more compact/cheaper drives which give the same output.