Major gripes: these problems as some that i would consider the worst, or game-disbalancing
-EAC VS KAC: now i enjoy the two different AC's, reminds me of mass effect 1, but from even a rapid glance, most armors seems to give more KAC than EAC for the majority of them, and most energy weapons deal as much or more damage than kinetic ones, with no seemingly major downsides, so why would i pick kinetic weapons over energy?
-lack of shields: several artwork depict shields, either material or energy, and since melee still plays a large part of combat, why are there no shields? shields could even help balance the EAC VS KAC issue
Minor gripes: mostly unimportant or small issues that wont affect the game much.
-most classes share the whole class choice system of choosing different abilities every other level, but instead of giving those a blanket term like "perks" or whatever each class has a name for it. just a tad annoying, nothing major. i know they are officialy called "class choices" but theyre not refered to that in the actual class descriptions.
-powered armors: they feel like a last minute after-thought. once again probably a result of the "one book" feature, but theres only like 5 power armors and the options for each are slim,
-lack of solarian armor crystals: self-explanatory, no further input needed.
-cybernetics, or "augments": same issue as the powered armors, the options feel slim a bit, especially when you consider the leveled aspect of it all. a variety of more "fluff"...
-EAC VS KAC: EAC weapons on average do a die size lower for damage. (e.g. basic laser pistol 1d4 vs. semi-auto pistol 1d6) That's the trade-off: lower damage but easier to hit with.
-lack of shields: Not sure, I honestly hadn't had a chance to look yet.
-powered armor, armor crystals, cybernetics: First book, dude, first book. ;-) That for sure will come in time.
--ship volumes and weights: It's been noticed in a couple of threads here, and has been noted as a bit of a suspension of disbelief problem. ill probably be corrected as time goes on.
I'm loving what I've seen so far, and tomorrow I'll get an even more in-depth look. For right now, I just can't wait to get started.
I have not seen the full list of weapons yet but from the pre gen characters it looks like at least at most levels kinetic weapons tend to do 1 dice type more damage. So starter laser pistol is 1d4 starter automatic pistol is 1d6.
It changes a bit when you have things like the automatic rifle that trades off some stopping power for the ability to hose down a lot of targets that are somewhat close to each other.
But at least from what I have seen from the data released publically the trade off for lasers vs kinetic seems to in general be kinetic weapons do a bit more damage at the expense of being easier to defend against.
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It is weird that they don't provide archaic shields, or technical advances on that theme. There are energy shields of various types, though none seem to be personal equipment outside the Mechanic's ability.
I don't find it useful to compare extant navy vessels which are designed to travel across an ocean in gravity with fictitious spacefaring fantasy vessels that may or may not run on unicorn farts and masochism.
Well Power Armor kinda has me concerned, reach is the only real advantage from what I can tell, otherwise Heavy or Light armor is probably going to be better for a character in most situations. The ACs aren't that great, for their level the STR boost isn't that to special and they generally have fewer upgrade slots than other armors.
Well Power Armor kinda has me concerned, reach is the only real advantage from what I can tell, otherwise Heavy or Light armor is probably going to be better for a character in most situations. The ACs aren't that great, for their level the STR boost isn't that to special and they generally have fewer upgrade slots than other armors.
The thing with powered armor is the mods. Maybe I misunderstood, but powered armor gets unique mods that aren't available to the other armor types.
It is weird that they don't provide archaic shields, or technical advances on that theme. There are energy shields of various types, though none seem to be personal equipment outside the Mechanic's ability.
I don't find it useful to compare extant navy vessels which are designed to travel across an ocean in gravity with fictitious spacefaring fantasy vessels that may or may not run on unicorn farts and masochism.
There's one "wrist shield" in the game and it's an armor mod that gives you +1 EAC.
Well Power Armor kinda has me concerned, reach is the only real advantage from what I can tell, otherwise Heavy or Light armor is probably going to be better for a character in most situations. The ACs aren't that great, for their level the STR boost isn't that to special and they generally have fewer upgrade slots than other armors.The thing with powered armor is the mods. Maybe I misunderstood, but powered armor gets unique mods that aren't available to the other armor types.
The only Powered exclusive mods are automated loader and titan shield.
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Well Power Armor kinda has me concerned, reach is the only real advantage from what I can tell, otherwise Heavy or Light armor is probably going to be better for a character in most situations. The ACs aren't that great, for their level the STR boost isn't that to special and they generally have fewer upgrade slots than other armors.The thing with powered armor is the mods. Maybe I misunderstood, but powered armor gets unique mods that aren't available to the other armor types.
I thought so too, but I think it's just the auto-loader and titan shield that is power armor exclusive. As far as I can tell, the biggest advantages of power armor are strength boost (not a bonus, but a flat 18, 20, etc.) and flat speed.
