Since Corvettes fill a role between capital and sub-capital ships, should we expect the upcoming ship or other Corvettes to be more versatile or more economical?asked by NARCoMAN
TL;DRChris Roberts says a Corvette should be more economical and more manageable to crew than the Idris, planned at around 100 metres, but he isn't sure it will be more versatile.
So, you definitely should expect it to be more economical. I don't know if it's more versatile cause to be honest with you the Idris, for the money it packs a punch. It's a mini carrier plus it can go toe to toe with other capital ships, like has massive living quarters and everything like that. We're sorta planning that the proper Corvette we do will be about 100 meters or so and it'll be more focused on... let's put it this way, it's not going to be a massive carrier. Obviously you'll be able to dock a ship and do all the rest of the stuff and certainly can hold it's own fighting some fighters and bigger ships and quite a few of them would cause of problem for a bigger ship like a frigate or a destroyer and all that stuff.It should also be easier to control and command cause the Idris is just huge, I mean I think you've seen some of the stuff we've shown for it and it's just massive. It's probably not going to be a viable ship for one person to or even one person and a few of his friends to sort of command. The Idris is going to require quite a few players to man it in unison, which I think will be really satisfying once all that happens and definitely some NPCs helping you out. So, the Corvette I think will be just more manageable.