As the title suggests, I think that the hardcap of 15 slots at ~150k processing power could stand to be increased.
A ship with 750k processing power is very achievable for post-barrier (even pre-barrier if you work for it a bit) but has no slot-advantages over them, despite having the processing power equivilent to 5 15 slot vessels or 75 slots worth.
Arguably 75 slots is a tad overkill, and when you consider that the PP requirement scales for each new slot is an unlikely value. So Personally I would suggest a gradual increase to 30 slots total at 3million processing power for a boring vanilla-esq change. This is where I believe computer cores can be given a useful niche by changing the current processing power given to be a separate value that instead creates its own unique set of 15 slots, adding up to a total of 30.
These new versions of computer cores would be costly for the vessel, such as large power requirements, large weight or volume required. This would create limitations on the design they would be used on, such as drastically reduced mobility or dedicating large spaces that would otherwise be used for shields/cargo to them, naturally shifting the likely use of them towards capital ships as intended. This creates an intended trade of current capital ships by choosing between blocks such as shields for computer cores (in turn more slots) to make a tankier vessel or a more general purpose one.
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Akeno017
As the title suggests, I think that the hardcap of 15 slots at ~150k processing power could stand to be increased.
A ship with 750k processing power is very achievable for post-barrier (even pre-barrier if you work for it a bit) but has no slot-advantages over them, despite having the processing power equivilent to 5 15 slot vessels or 75 slots worth.
Arguably 75 slots is a tad overkill, and when you consider that the PP requirement scales for each new slot is an unlikely value. So Personally I would suggest a gradual increase to 30 slots total at 3million processing power for a boring vanilla-esq change. This is where I believe computer cores can be given a useful niche by changing the current processing power given to be a separate value that instead creates its own unique set of 15 slots, adding up to a total of 30.
These new versions of computer cores would be costly for the vessel, such as large power requirements, large weight or volume required. This would create limitations on the design they would be used on, such as drastically reduced mobility or dedicating large spaces that would otherwise be used for shields/cargo to them, naturally shifting the likely use of them towards capital ships as intended. This creates an intended trade of current capital ships by choosing between blocks such as shields for computer cores (in turn more slots) to make a tankier vessel or a more general purpose one.
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