Redeemer!? Yucky. That thing looks terrible. The Tali looks way better.
Yearly "what ship do I want" thread.
- Thread starter Blind Owl
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I love the Redeemer. I cannot wait until they rework her.
AntiSqueaker
Space Marshal
Get that Redeemer shit outta here, real winner of TNGS coming thru boys and girls
Ahh, you really do live in a dream bubble.
Hmmmm, so it'll come down to my flight style then. I can accept this. Haha. Guess that means I need to play. Come-on February!
Scimitar?
I do. I have faith that something will be made of her, eventually!
The looks didn't appeal to begin with but she's really grown on me.
That's really been part of the appeal, planning my flight instead of just chucking it all over the place like with the M50 haha. The ol' Spin And Burn has saved my arse more than once, however I can't deny drifting it past Olisar at top speed is also a bunch of fun:
So I keep thinking about the Corsair, but honestly, owning a Carrack and the StarRunner, the Corsair would be redundant, no? Or does she double as a gunship with those forward facing guns? That's a lot of hate, lol.
AntiSqueaker
Space Marshal
I think it was a bit of a mistake to label the Corsair as an "exploration ship". It seems much more in line with the Drake's answer to the Constellation - a multi-role freighter, but with a much heavier emphasis on forward firepower.
Can you explore with it? Oh absolutely, all you need is some good fuel tanks and a decent scanner. Only Drake would think to add quadruple S5 mounts, twin S4 mounts, 8 S3 missiles, and a trio of S2 turrets to cover the side and rear arcs.
To me it's much more a daily flyer than a dedicated explorer, and hits the sweet spot on crew requirements, with 4 people needed to fill all the turrets and a max of 5 if you want a co-pilot/gunner for your dakka array. In my fleet it's my "super Cutlass" when I need more cargo space or dakka delivered, but don't want to commit to bringing out the Caterpillar which will need some buddies in fighters to help me out most likely.
Mercury will be faster and have more cargo room, in addition to its smuggling potential and data storage/hacking hardware. But lacks in offense/defense hardcore comparatively.
Carrack will be much more durable and self-reliant in addition to having better/more powerful exploration equipment, but is also over twice the size and thrice the cost, with not substantially more boom, since it's weapons are geared towards self-defense.
Corsair is for exploring "Spain vs Aztec" style and leaving full of plunder. They didn't call it the Corsair for nothing!
Well then, when you put it that way, I feel justified in wanting one, haha
Richard Bong
Space Marshal
The Gladius is a blast to fly. It is well armed, pretty robust, fast and very agile.
Haha, dammit. Now I want them all. I'm going to have to get into the game and fly some of these fighters around in arena commander. It's been so long, and without testing them with my dual sticks to see how they feel and fly, I can't make an honest evaluation as to what I want for a fighter.
I don't understand... these are not combat ships. Why do we always look at them like the stand a chance? In a head to head fight with multiple enemies they will lose, like sending a trucker out with a turret on the top. Some enemy will die but you will lose in the end unless you are the top 1% of pilots - 99% of us are not. Like doing a dog fight with a Gemini - does not work. Run Forest Run.
Off topic - maybe RSI should look at the shield in a different way. My Gemini should handle a single attacker like a mosquito. Small ships with 1-3 size weapons should be an annoyance. It should take real fire power to bring down a big ship.
Richard Bong
Space Marshal
We won't know until they release it, but if you want a gunship, get a gunship.
Grimm_Reaper
Space Marshal
Get a Hull D (would have said E but its sold out and price again went up to $650). Can never go wrong with large cargo deliveries for a profit to fuel your other interests.
I'm not thinking of using it in a dogfight. I'm thinking of using it to attack pray. Other medium ships, or larger. Take out a Cat, or a Connie, or attack some Hills, etc
Like...the Valkyrie? Redeemer?
Not a big fan of hauling things around from a to b. I'd rather go take some stuff from some who was doing that, haha
Grimm_Reaper
Space Marshal
Harr..matey perhaps a cutlass Blue would be more up your ally. Takes the best of the black and adds more armor. Im sure the internals will come with a modular choice like the vanguards.
Blue was in my hangar forever. She's been a staple of my fleet since my fleet was a thing. I reckon that she'll end up back in my fleet by the end of this sale, haha.
Richard Bong
Space Marshal
Since we don't know what the Redeemer will become, maybe. Valkyrie, Hammerhead. :)