Hey - PR - whats the state of these wierd abilities now?
Looking to
completely redo the Im418 as soon as I can get it a new model. The Gravshock ability on the Dominator should work though, but it may need tweaking.
Also someone explain to me why the MKIV Dominator loses it's gravity wells and gains the eight double turbolaser turrets of an Imperial 1 Class? Is there a canon reason for that?
Dominator I is representative of the
Dominator. Dominator II is somewhat representative of the
EX-F (as much as can be surmised about it anyway). Dominator III is representative of the
Mon Mothma/
Bail Organa/
Elegos A'Kla class that the authors persist on calling Imperial IIs. Because of advances in gravity well technology, these do not feature the characteristic bulges in the hull, as stated in NJO.
PR has not explained why the late model Dominator's go back to ISD I double (vice ISD II eight barrel) guns. It is likely power limitations. The sacrifice of 48 (8x8-8x2 = 64-16) guns was necessary to power the gravity wells. I actually haven't played with fully upgraded DSDs so I never noticed this...love the detail!
Gravity wells are improved by DSD III, but I didn't feel they were necessarily perfect. I didn't want it to be able to rival the ISD or TSD in terms of firepower. So, yes, it still takes a great deal of power to use even the new gravity wells.