PlanetsCentral

I'm not so sure about this, as with the standard ship list, those high end warships aren't silly, they are your survival. Especially if you're, say, the Klingon with a few Gorbies coming your way.

But - I won't know for sure until I try it. I just signed up for Phoenix 8.

Gil

If you take the goal 'build a bunch of silly high-end hulls and look who's got more of them' for granted then it slows the game down, yes.

But on the other hand midclass ships get a real worth for offense and defense even in late midgame. You can actually make use of all the ships your shiplist has to offer because very view can afford the big ones in big numbers. So in my opinion It's fundamentally changing gameplay to a more versatile kind of game.