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Re: Robo-super-miner

Tue, 17 October 2006 11:53

Dogthinkers

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knightpraetor wrote on Tue, 17 October 2006 23:45

so how do the higher classes of ships fit into this? I assume i should upgrade to cruisers when i get them? and my friends wondering whether rogues are worth using for military, but i guess i'll have to search the SS forums for that info. Worthless bastard should do his own searching

also, do frigates catch up to destroyers faster since they are light? and if so, won't torp FF counter laser FF

Lighter ships get to move last, which is nice for choosing range.

Destroyers can generally have a higher battle speed, because you can mount 1 or 2 maneuvering jets. That, and the 200 points of armour, are why beam DDs can chew up torp DDs. Frigates will take too long to close to range, and with only 45 armour they fall pretty quick to torps (which deal half their damage straight through those massive shields...)

I wouldn't bank on a frigate catching any missile ship before it can disengage, unless you put expensive engines on it, which somewhat dilutes the point of frigates.

Bigger ships are generally better, and needed to cope as weapons tech starts to make the smaller ships obselete... I'm not going to go into talking about those... Much bigger topic and one that has been well covered many times before. Check the Academy sub-forum.

Quick answers though (don't ask me for more detail)
- Yes, Rogues are used by some people as warships.
- Yes it's worth using cruisers - heaps of armour and more slots for electrial / mechanical equipment to make your weapons/defenses more effective. I have seen people 'skip' cruisers though, and go straight to battleships. They aren't *that* much better. And in some situations FFs can still win.
- Battleships own it up for a long time, although cruisers do stay usefull as a gateable reserve - most battleship designs are a bit on the heavy side. ...

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		Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 00:46
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:05
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:08
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:11
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: iztok on Mon, 16 October 2006 01:51
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 02:24
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 02:55
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 03:00
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 03:12
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Mon, 16 October 2006 19:48
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Mon, 16 October 2006 20:28
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Tue, 17 October 2006 09:45
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 17 October 2006 11:53
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: knightpraetor on Sat, 28 October 2006 06:47
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Sat, 28 October 2006 15:37
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Tue, 31 October 2006 19:21
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 31 October 2006 20:47
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Tue, 31 October 2006 20:59
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 31 October 2006 21:17
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Wed, 01 November 2006 09:55
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Captain Maim on Wed, 15 November 2006 20:13
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: LEit on Wed, 15 November 2006 21:36
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Captain Maim on Wed, 15 November 2006 23:06
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Wed, 15 November 2006 23:37
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Thu, 16 November 2006 06:01
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Thu, 16 November 2006 09:08
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Micha on Thu, 16 November 2006 09:20
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Thu, 16 November 2006 23:41
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Ptolemy on Fri, 17 November 2006 23:26
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Sat, 18 November 2006 12:19
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Ptolemy on Sat, 18 November 2006 12:26
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Sun, 19 November 2006 06:08
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Ptolemy on Sun, 19 November 2006 06:50
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Dogthinkers on Sun, 19 November 2006 07:20
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Micha on Mon, 20 November 2006 04:53
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: Kotk on Mon, 20 November 2006 06:41
		Re: Robo-super-miner By: c64k on Thu, 16 November 2006 09:36

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