i know this thread is old but i dont think its a bad idea. people who got drafted the wrong way by dans shitty noob information when you start the game are screwed for good. if he wont balance out the insane drawbacks of having too many decks or make a way to remove a finite amount of decks via a CT lab item that eats ship bots or something, that sucks, the only way out of being hit several thousand at a time is resetting or having ludicrous amounts of defence (but there is allways someone stronger).
something needs to be done anyway, make the deck size damage cap have a lesser effect in proportion to attack/defence.

TL;DR-more decks = irreversible weakness. fix it.


or at least give noobs some REAL information that relates to the shape the game has taken in modern times.

In response to your TL;DR... any 'fix' (to something that is not a problem) would essentially crap all over the hard work SSBs put into their ships.

This idea would make SSBs, slow rankers, and freeze rankers very unhappy...

I actually wouldn't mind this. Just make the cap fairly generous like 150 per deck.

Besides I'm sure most people wouldn't mind a small nerf to SSBs for game balance sake.

this is just b.s. Dan changed to the current damage cap formula in April 2011, the same month that the Mylarai chain was archived.

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notice how the player rank was added ? meaning that the damage cap for decks has been the same since the beginning of the game in February 2010. resetting has been available since June 2010.

i started playing in october 2011. in the interim, you got to enjoy all the benefits of being able to fit all the modules you acquired onto your ship and avoided billions in credits of repair costs ... and now that i've put in 1.5 years of work to make a decent ship that will hold you off, NOW you want a remedy ?

the remedy is called using your brain, not whining.

I would mind... People with 'normal' ship builds can put more mods on their ships, it is balanced by them not being able to hit me as hard.

The whole ship size issue is fine as it is, no change or nerf needed.

How many decks do you have and how much crew do you have?

8820 crew
404 decks

21.83 crew per deck.

and that's only the day shift. the night shift cleaning and maintenance crews are totally ignored (surprise, surprise ...).

http://spacejanitors.geekandsundry.com

hmm, come to think of it ... i should add this to that other pointless thread ...

This is from back when balancing was a massive issue, LONG LONG LONG time ago. Though I would find it hilarious to see the implemented nowadays.