Bioships are a mess

[Voidian]

You really should create new slot types exclusive for them, figuring out what I can build and where is a terrible experience.

The M slots can't accept M slot missiles UNLESS you're using a Harbinger or Stinger and only certain specific variants.
The P slots are supposed to be Point defense, but they are being used for buffs/debuffs for weavers
Mauer mandibles use a torpedo slot, yet it's not a torpedo and I have no idea what actually boosts it's damage, does it still count as "explosive" somehow?

If you want to make exotic ships with different slot types do it, but please, update those slots accordingly, the current setup makes no sense.

Oh, and mauler swarm computers are still bugged and they often decide to fly in circles unable to "bite" anything, is there even a biting animation?

 

[aadf97799c]

encounter the fleet doesn't actually attack bug many time before

that one probably isn't a bio ship problem

the lack of multiple type of segment is a problem

maybe the budget doesn't allow them to go with battleship level of customization

not like player will use anything other than 4x weapon for stinger

 

[Abdulijubjub]

Mechanical ships are a mess.

You can't put Whirlwind missiles in G slots, only in M slots, despite the two being the same size. And they have a weird archaeotech S slot whirlwind component.
They have no support ship, so there's no place to put P slot support weapons at all. Their size 2 has a picket role, but it can't support, and doesn't even have enough weapon slots (it's short 1).
Their G-slot carrying Frigates are super slow despite being short range. And they don't even have a proper melee option: just one that's so short range it might as well be.
They have two size 1 ships, for some reason.
Titans have a weird X-but-not-X slot which is the same size, is also a big artillery gun, but only takes a single weapon.

You already know the slightly strange rules for mechanical ships. The biological ones are fairly straightforward too; they're just different.

The weird one is Weavers, which are supposed to be weird: they're a size 2 support ship that you start with, which has unique components, and a few restrictions on the M slots.

And I'm not sure what's going on with the Mauler computers.