Instead of the MC80 diplomatic cruiser (which, as far as I can tell, nobody uses), I propose the Alliance be given the Dauntless-class Cruiser (a canonical Alliance capital ship noted for heavy firepower). This will add some distinctiveness and variety to Alliance fleets (whereas before a battle fleet would be almost completely made of Mon Cal warships, adding this Sullustan vessel will help give the sense of mix-and-match that the Rebel fleets truly were).

 

I know this would be a significant amount of work, but I honestly think it would be a very large improvement in both gameplay and immersion in the Galactic Civil War.

I do like the diversity, but outside of Rebellion - it really isn't that well known of a ship. I'd be surprised if Eville didn't have his own version of the Dauntless

He does - I found a few different modeled (and one skinned) versions in the gallery on this site.

 

For example, this one: http://warlords.swrebellion.com/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=490

 

The only reason I'm proposing this is because nobody uses the Diplomatic Cruiser - too little firepower for a capital ship, plain and simple. I really think adding another (very different) warship into the game is fantastic for diversity.

I do think of the Dauntless as a heavy firepower ship - may best be used during the post-ROTJ era. If other factions get an upgrade, I think the Alliance can get the Dauntless easily

At this point, if Eville could give me the model (and one other of his Sins models to base off of, since I have no idea how to designate firing points and the like) I am pretty confident I'd be able to put it ingame successfully to see how it plays. I know he's too busy to deal with adding new ships now, but I'd like to try in his stead.

how will the eras work with sins? Since some, like the CIS wouldn't be around.

I don't think there will be a way to disable a race for eras. I think they will still be available, but obviously won't be able to match the top ships in the NR/YV era