Anyone else feel like the Valkyrie has been absolutely jobbed?

[MalodorousFiend]

First of all, it's not present in the late campaigns like it should be (Deadlock itself acknowledges Ghost Fleet and B&C's events as canon, and B&C places the Valk in the first war and the Ghost Fleet directly by dialogue - that should be game and match from a lore perspective, regardless of how you feel about the model's modernity.)

But second, the actual ship we've gotten here is missing at least four turret mounts [imgur.com] and only has one squadron slot despite having two flight decks. Why?

The Valkyrie was supposed to have been a more prestigious command than the Galactica, and the backbone of the post-war Colonial Fleet, and that's just not being borne out here. Outside of having more current tech why was that, and how should it be reflected in Deadlock?

IMO, the Valkyrie class should've been the class (or at least seen as the class) that turned the tide of the war for the Colonials, with the Valkyrie herself being legendary as the progenitor. The P-51 Mustang of battlestars, for lack of a better analogue.

At the very least, it should be far more powerful than it is - think a Minotaur with flight pods, not an up-gunned Adamant with nearly twice the fleet cost. And as mentioned above, I don't think you can argue with the canonocity of it's presence toward the end of the first Cylon war. It should be in Ghost Fleet and Armistice.

Even if the devs disagree with the canonocity for some reason, it needs it's turrets back and it needs a second squadron slot. Even if it's a utility squadron, it's better than having the same amount of planes as an Adamant despite having double the flight decks. I'd argue for an armor buff across the sides and top as well.

[Half Phased]

As for why the valk is down 4 turrets and has only 1 fighter slot is balance. (The performance of the mk7 means that it’s airwing far outstrips that of the adamants).

As for the rest... this reads as someone who hasn’t used the valk. It excels at chasing down larger ships and punching above weight, with the heavy guns. Durability wise, it’s fine on all angles apart from below. Valks can kill mercuries, as the Mercury’s BA misses shot after shot whilst the valk lays in with guns. The one ship that the valk is exceptionally weak to is the revenant, since it’s out dived by it and the heavy guns fail to make much of an impact.

It brings speed, firepower and durability in a nice bundle, for less than the Artemis. And the Artemis is one of the best colonial ships for price in the game.

In particular it shines in the new propaganda mode as a ship to get the capture satellites out on the flanks.

[MalodorousFiend]

I don't really play multiplayer or use skirmish that much, so I'm probably coming at it from a different perspective. Revenants and Arachnes are actually a lot of what I'm used to fighting, and seeing as how I want it in the campaign I'm not really concerned with the Mk VII.

Just really disappointing to see the ship I've pretty much been waiting this entire game to get being retconned out of the war and shoehorned in as a multiplayer/skirmish easter egg. That's not what should be dictating it's balance IMO.

[Steven]

I was dissapointed it only had one fighter slot but for its cost its a pretty good ship and don't forget it has flak too :)