Updated with another fighter (Second top). It is the same size as the first one, but the fire beam can aim, and the laser was replaced with a FSEP gun.
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Also, the gravity shields on both fighters have a few 'blind spots' close to the hull, which I have fixed on the small fighter.
I think the problem was that the BCOL would occasionally hit something too hot and rebound inside the fighter. The larger fighter was immune to this because nothing meltable was connected to the gap inside the fighter. I may have fixed this by adding layered PTCT inside the fighter to dissipate the heat.
Usually, smaller component size means more potential to install extra firepower. However, in 1 on 1 matches, larger one wins most of the time, which is quite strange as smaller fighter is just a compressed version of it. Maybe you should adjust the position of smaller fighter's G-shield to see if smaller fighter can have the potential to beat the larger ones before making your decision.
An advanced fighter is on my list of things to make, if I were to add that, (So that there is more variance) which one of these current fighters would be better? Specifically, what size do you think is better, and is there anything about the larger fighter that should be added to the smaller fighter. (Even if I end up keeping the larger size and updating it to the technology of the smaller one)
I think you can keep both types of fighter so that some kind of variance is present in the fleet
I have replaced the middle fighter with a newer smaller version, should I replace all of the fighters?