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I see many mercenary ships have too much mass. Mouse over and you will see 105/85 (Path of Rhuin), 70/65 (The Raptor), 201/.180 (The Starlab), 164/160 (The Perseverance).
Others have too little mass - a lot of the support (Cargo) ships are 62/100 - Whisper, Fencer, Friendly Mike
Also Several merc ships still appear to be assigned wrong role (or at least a poor choice). Escorts are sacrificial units in a fleet as they are mostly targeted first and attacked until destroyed. E.g. your expansive merc carrier getting blown away on its first battle is a real downer. It should have a support role (like normal carriers) vs. escort.
The Zindellit =survey ship: escort; should be support
The Praxis= Ideology points: escort; should be support, or guardian
The Retribution= fleet accuracy/jamming. Beam range; Assault should be support, or guardian
Hivebase One= carrier; Assault should be support, or guardian
The Bitte = Fleet +Move Cap; escort; should be support, or guardian
Safety In Numbers= Fleet +Move Cap, shield boot; escort; should be support, or guardian
The Gestalt = fleet accuracy/jamming; escort; should be support
The Scow =250 Credits each time it survives; escort; should be support, or guardian
he Linked Aerie=Carrier; Capital; should be support
The Helmder= Carrier; Capital; should be support or guardian
The Shaout= +fleet all defensives; Capital; should be support or guardian
The Wraith= Fleet repair; Capital; should be support or guardian
The too much mass, is a result of the fact that these ships are awesome and include more components than you can normally fit. Sometimes, they have too little mass, because it wasn't deemed needed or balanced to give other non-combat ships optimal loadouts.
I suspect, that basically, they didn't bother to balance the mass of the special merc components. Hence the diversity of mass ratios. These are good points btw about the roles I'll have to fix them for GRM-M.
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