Ok, one thing that has always bothered me about BOTF is outpost and starbase stength. Thats why I installed a mod. (Building mod 1.7.0)
Outposts are way to weak. I remember hating it so much, because 3 Klingon destroyers could walk in to my base and destroy my outposts.
I personally thing that isnt realistic or fun

Starbases especially....when you can bring like 9 command cruisers and blow it up without braking a sweat... I think starbasees and outposts should be stronger.

What do you guys thing? and what do you guys think for botf II?
I personally hope that Outpost and Starbase strength are high.

Well, I think people tend to overestimate the defensive capabilities of a lone starbase; the DS9 episode A Call to Arms seemed pretty unbelievable at times. However, I think they could be made reasonably stronger by adding more hit points (since they are rather large). Outposts aren't necessarily as fortified as a Starbase, so I wouldn't expect them to put up much of a fight, but I would expect them to fend off more than three destroyers (especially with the range an Outpost should have). I'd suggest more hit points for each, and a few additional weapons arrays for the Starbase.

If you take Bridge Commander for example: the Outposts weren't very weak but then again with 4 Galors you could destory one easilly (the Galors were pittiful btw). But the Starbase was at the other end of the scale, although they only had Phasers you still needed a large compliment of ships to be able to destory one. HTH

Yeah there two weak in botf, triple the hit points, double the shields then it should be decent enough.

Also starbases should be 4 times stronger in hit points and 4 times shields and be expensive and take long time to build to be worth getting them, they should last in a good fight and only a strong battle group can defeat a starbase id say. Will last longer if has ships support as well.

Triple the hit points, double the shields is the method that I usually use when I mod my Bases.

I usually octruple the number of Beam weapons as well, but I obviously weaken them somewhat.

Battles usually look like a Disco whenever a Base is involved...

Except in BOTF it looked like lots of blue lines being drawn across the screen

I know, those Disco lasers just last that bit too long...ah well, attack my Disco Base of Doom!

Fire Disco Lasers!
Fire Blue Twinklies of Death!

Believe me Mastress, if i were a Federation Marine i would. Instead i'm a 23year old Ensign onboard the USS Victory operating as Tactical Officer