Pretty much stuff we already heard before but now in one place.

TL;DW:

• Master Modes applied to all of the ships as archetypes (individual tuning to come later)
• archetypes:
  • snub fighter (fast, low attack and defense)
  • light fighter (agility, decent power)
  • medium fighter (relatively agile, good firepower)
  • heavy fighter (low maneuverability, high damage)
• sub archetypes (can be applied to any of the above):
  • interceptor (less agility/rotation, more speed)
  • fighter-bomber (less agility, more defense)
  • gunboats (Connie-sized ships, no info about specifics)
  • corvette (Hammerhead, no info about specifics)
  • frigates (Idris, 890 Jump, Carrack etc, no info about specifics)
• precision targeting:
  • allows to see and “paint” specific components so gimbals will try to hit them
  • slower fire-rate
  • “you can watch the ship you’re aiming at”
• weapon archetypes:
  • anti-fighter (high fire-rate)
  • anti-material (highest damage)
  • mixed
• no more fixed guns, everything will be gimbaled (turrets will get exclusive “auto-gimbal” mode, lower fire-rate)
• “players are happy with squad battles but not so much with 1v1’s at the moment”
• “it feels more cinematic”
• “flying in non-combat mode allows you to not be harassed as much”
• request for feedback (both positive and negative)

In general this looks pretty good. I wonder how well precision targeting will work in high octane situations.

With this hopefully being the final flight model I hope they will finally spent time on balancing things out.

Though I wonder how they will handle ships that are simply limited by their hull/cross section like the Aopa ships. I can’t imagine them ever being more than a huge target.