D'Verix Class isn't accurately portrayed in SOA2

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I've been quite frustrated playing the Romulan faction lately since the D'Verix 
Warbird seems so weak compared to the other factions' colony capital ships.  
The problem is that the D'Verix ship has no aft weapons, and, if it does, they 
aren't working correctly.  If it is the case that the ship doesn't have aft 
weapons, they need to be added in.  The reasoning behind the necessity of 
having aft weapons on a Romulan War Bird with quantum singularity technology is 
that the Romulans moved away from strictly forward-firing weapons on Warbirds 
when they developed the D'talla-class War Bird, the precursor to the type A  
War Bird. In addition to it's forward firing torpedo launchers, the 
D'talla-class boasted of two light type-F plasma launchers mounted astern.  
These rear-firing light torpedo launchers made the versatile D'talla into a 
formidable battleship, now able to combat ships with balanced fire arcs. Keep 
in mind the D'talla emerged in the early 24th century. 

After the D'talla, the D'Deredix-class Warbird was developed which included 
quantum singularity technology, as well an improvement in armaments over past 
Warbirds.  Wikipedia tells us, "the D'deridex-class include an increase in size 
and aesthetic aspect as well as reconfiguration again of the plasma banks, most 
notably upgrading the aft-launchers to type-G, moving the existing type-G 
launchers to the middle of the ship on the lower wings to the immediate left 
and right of the ship's head and adding two type-F launchers to the upper 
wingtips just above the warp engines."  These D'Deredix war birds were used in 
the mid to late 24th century, coinciding with the Dominion Wars timeline of 
Sacrifice of Angels 2.  Given what we know about the history of Romulan weapon 
configuration changes, how can the developers justify the in-game D'Verix-class 
Warbird's total lack of rear-firing weapons?  It makes absolutely no sense to 
me.  I'd like this issue to be clarified as soon as possible.  Thank you.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by maric...@gmail.com on 12 Jul 2011 at 3:55

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Correction:

In the first paragraph, replace "aft weapons" with "rear-firing weapons" in the 
sentence The problem is that the D'Verix ship has no aft weapons, and, if it 
does, they aren't working correctly. 

It should read as follows: The problem is that the D'Verix ship has no 
rear-firing weapons, and, if it does, they aren't working correctly.

Original comment by maric...@gmail.com on 12 Jul 2011 at 3:58

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Another Correction:

In the first paragraph, any time I mention "aft", I mean to say "rear-firing 
weapons"

If it is the case that the ship doesn't have aft weapons, they need to be added 
in.  The reasoning behind the necessity of having aft weapons on a Romulan War 
Bird with quantum singularity technology is that the Romulans moved away from 
strictly forward-firing weapons on Warbirds when they developed the 
D'talla-class War Bird, the precursor to the type A  War Bird. 

Original comment by maric...@gmail.com on 12 Jul 2011 at 4:00

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If you dont like the balancing of weapon damage, do it yourself. if there is no 
aft, to bad. i can explain how to modify weapon damages.

Original comment by dragoncl...@yahoo.com on 28 Jul 2011 at 10:12

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Original comment by jtaylor...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2011 at 7:02

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