Use of obsolete engines and armours

If you don't update /save your design doesn't it keep the old stuff?

 

You are correct, but I don't think that is what he means. I believe he wants the option of creating "new" designs with obsolete armor and engines, with the trade off being more space for other components. I'm not sure how viable that would be as they could be quite fragile. There is an old navy analogy that comes to mind, and eggshell armed with a sledgehammer.

 

Hi yes figured he meant that, just saying that if you pre-plan then you can save some designs without updating to try this strategy out.

Agree though that it might not be worth the hassle.

 

I'm afraid that wouldn't work my friend. He wouldn't be able to gain the extra space that way, they would just be obsolete designs.

Yes, playing something like this in my head shows me ships with slower combat movement and lighter defenses. SP long range weapons would tear them apart easily I would think.

 

Ah forgot about the space part I was thinking lots of cheap units. What I'd like to see is the ability to create more satellite defense (in other words no engines so more space for other stuff, which is similar to the original idea here).

 

I proposed something like that years ago, ships without FTL drives with reduced maintenance, (I think it was MoO3 that had something like that). But to be honest, practically speaking, I don't see the need. Besides, in this game, ships sometimes are at a premium, best to have them mobile so they can be where you need them.

 

I believe armor was coded to upgrade to the latest available automatically once you attempt to create a design, a long time ago, it use to upgrade automatically on your existing ships, but that was a bug. To be honest with you, I think this was simply a design choice.

 

Support points would still apply even with reduced parts like FTL or weaker shields so yes in this game it might not be worth it.