Is there a way to change the classification (tactic) of a ship without upgrading to a different design?

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I've had an issue where of my ships in a fleet only one would actively engage in combat. while the others stayed out of range for most of the fight. The problem turned out to be that I had a missile boat classified as support because I wanted it to stay back and fire missiles at long range. (That's how I read the description). The two other ships were free spawns (malevolent frigate and a small ship from a survey) and since those start as escort they would stay out of the fight as well.

The problem with upgrading was that the rocket boat used my only antimatter resource so a different classified identical design didn't show up as an option and upgrading twice seemed kind of expensive. The freespawn ships came with railguns which I hadn't unlocked yet and in the case of the frigate were a bigger size than I could build myself.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

No, I dont think there is.

 

I really don't think the actual system is any good. Ships should be able to change role depending on the current fleet they are in.

 

In a Fleet of mainly large ships, a medium ship would of course be an escort or assault.

But put the same ship in between a bunch of tinies, and suddenly its the capital. 

I would love to assing roles depending on fleet and not when built.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

+1 

 

I actually created a thread about this a couple of weeks ago.  I'd like to be able to change the ship role at the fleet or individual ship level.

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