Posted by: Theodidactus
« on: July 21, 2014, 10:41:42 AM »I think you'll find as you get more adept that it rarely matters.
For example, here is something I say a lot:
"okay, for this next ship, it's going to be a 15,000 ton missile cruiser but it will have very large heavy turrets as well."
Here is something I've never said at any point except very early on in my aurora career
"okay this next ship is going to have 15 missile tubes and 3 heavy turrets and..."
becuase that inevitably leads to
"oh...this ship is going to be 15,450 tons instead of 15,000"
Start by thinking about the mass and speed of your ships (that's what the navy does) and every other component is designed around that.
For example, here is something I say a lot:
"okay, for this next ship, it's going to be a 15,000 ton missile cruiser but it will have very large heavy turrets as well."
Here is something I've never said at any point except very early on in my aurora career
"okay this next ship is going to have 15 missile tubes and 3 heavy turrets and..."
becuase that inevitably leads to
"oh...this ship is going to be 15,450 tons instead of 15,000"
Start by thinking about the mass and speed of your ships (that's what the navy does) and every other component is designed around that.