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Yeah, no kidding.Hello:
I can imagine it is satisfying, but balancing can be veeeery tricky to get right o__O .
Yeah, true. Fortunately, there will be no Galaxy in the Wastelands. And I'm not sure about the Galor - it's an iconic design, but I'd rather not have many of those in the game. It's supposed to be a rough backwater region where mining companies fight each other for control of resources.That sounds right to me about the Cardassians, just don't forget that stock-A2 is the only place where a Galor can defeat a Galaxy Class .
While I'm at it, let me talk about aesthetics a bit. If you look at some of the screenies I've been posting, you'll notice a trend. No Galaxy or Sovereign, no Negh'var, no D'deridex. The vast majority of classics are missing. Instead, there are unusual, rarely seen designs. This is fully intentional. You wouldn't see cutting-edge explorers and frontline units being used in a region like the Wastelands. There are phased-out StarFleet designs and corporate workhorses, and it's meant to be the same for most other factions. (The Romulans don't count, since they're border guards, but even they don't get the D'deridex. 8472 is obviously exempt from this as well.)
With that said, there are some classics I most likely won't be able to leave out - the B'rel for example is an iconic ship, but it's so ubiquitous that it makes no sense not to have it. In fact, I'm pretty sure the Klinker AI will try to spam them as best as it can in the early game.