FT: Damage Track Sliding Scale Suggestion

How about changing the damage track, so that it forms a triangle, with
each
row being 2 or 3 boxes shorter than the one above it?

eg:
a mass 32 ship (16 hits) could have a damage track like this:

    XXXXXXX
    XXXXX
    XXX
    X

As ships get more massive, their damage tracks get wider and deeper.
With extra
points being put on the higher rows.

eg:
a mass 36 ship (18 hits) has one extra box on each of the first two
rows:

    XXXXXXXX
    XXXXXX
    XXX
    X

This system would lead to threshold checks becomming more frequent
after a ship had taken some damage, so it might be a good idea to drop
the rule about successive thresholds rolling against different numbers.

What do you think ?

Alun.