does anyone else feel plasma's are too easy to kill.

[H]

stock control?
look we have too many DX's in stock, lets drop it's points cost.

 

[MongooseMatt]

If the D6 / D7 is not being used in favour of another ship - does this not point to an issue with that ship or more liekly its relative worth? Putting the cost up to be honest just irritated me and I had to try and find other ways of squeezing the D5/D5W in. If on the other hand the points had gone down for the D6/D7 then I would look again at the ship and consider it on its revised merits. If it does not matter which ship goes up or down - surely its better to put down the "inferior" ship?

What am I missing here?

I think you are mostly there, it is just a question of perspective. You are right about things being relative to one another, and the contention was between the D5s and the D6/7. We believed it would be useful to the game (encourage more variety) if they were changed relative to one another. The choice was to raise one or lower the other.

But remember the part about points costs actually being points 'spreads.' The D6 and D7 are already nearer the bottom of their spread (I would also have certain issues about reducing them relative to their Federation counterparts), while the D5s were free of both constraints - thus, they were the logical ones to move.

Also, as a general games design principle, it is usually better to make good stuff (whether it actually is, or whether it is just being perceived as good) more expensive, and keep the lower end units where they are.