Different Ship classes mod

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Hello,

I'm searching for a mod with multiple ship classes (destroyer, cruiser, battlecruiser, battleship etc.), the only mod I could find so far which fits this description would be the Dawn of Victory mod. That's however unfortunately a multiplayer mod and still some time away from release. So I would really appreciate it if one of you could recommand a mod to me.

Thanks in advance

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

There is none really. To some degree the ships are already set to different classes, Kol is a Battleship while the Akkan is a Battlecruiser and the Frigate factory puts out frigates and cruisers but no one has sat down (aside from Dawn of Victory) and developed separate classes with shipyard to the level I think you want.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

It's all semantics, anyway.  Only matters the roletype given for the damage bonuses.

Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

then name a mod which adds more ships which COULD be classified as these ship classes ;-P

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting MirageMind, reply 3
then name a mod which adds more ships which COULD be classified as these ship classes
End of MirageMind's quote

Well what is your definition of a cruiser/destroyer in space anyways? They could have called it a "Cobalt Destroyer" instead of a light frigate and there would have been no difference.

Now, what I think you're wanting is a mod where the main difference of the ships is size, not what they counter like in Sins.  I.e. battleships have more guns that cruisers, but they use roughly the same weapons. In this case you'd likely want to look at the total conversion mods like Star Wars/Trek/Gate, since they follow their series canon and often change the game mechanics to be more like their universes, so the roles are less segregated compared to Sins.

If that's not what you're wanting, please explain what it is you don't like about vanilla Sins that would make you want a mod like this, so we can understand where you are coming from and point you in the right direction.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

My main concern would be more ( well designed) ships. Distinctive classes would be cool but are more of a nice to have.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting MirageMind, reply 6
My main concern would be more ( well designed) ships. Distinctive classes would be cool but are more of a nice to have.
End of MirageMind's quote

That still really doesn't tell me anything. What do you mean by "well designed"? Visually I think many of the Sins ships are well designed. I do find the basic Sins ship perhaps a bit lacking in diversity (only having 1 type of weapon?) but its easier to balance that way and I think it works fine overall. What exactly is the problem you want the mod to fix?