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lt's also worth noting the Vanguard has a super high shield refresh, so you can't plink it a little and run a lot. You have to hit it hard all at once.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtL4kZ-J5v8 Great stuff from Boredgamer. Worth everyone's time to understand in detail, even if you are not a scan specialist. Certainly it is obvious they are making the scan officer position a vital and exciting part of all multi-crew ships. This is...

That's Enterprise. They actually trademarked the expression so no one else can use it, despite they'll pick you up.

Was that before or after they were nerfed into the Sledge II? There was a time they were formidable. They are flat shooters, but their damage is about half what it was.

Agreed, and your analysis tackles the lion's share of situations. There really are very few reasons to mount the Sledges, so I don't expect to see them on other ships much. What that means is, if you have one, and your target is helpless, you could use it at max range to remove its defenses...

S5 manned turrets are what is on the Idris. IIUC, they allow a pair of S4 weapons, such as the Omni XII, or a single S5 weapon such as the Behring M7A. If you can put a pair of the big Omni's on each of four mounts, this thing will need an entire wing of Vanguard to take and board which would...

It's not single use. It is the ship meant to dominate every other ship in the game except the larger warships. It has lots of uses. Corvettes have always been the ship of choice for pirates and governments doing anti-smuggling, mine laying, anti-submarine work, etc. As said, for the modern...

Okay so here is a specific question someone may be able to answer. Using the zoom function, is it possible to target something as small as the S3, S4 and S5 turrets on a StarG from 7km? Is there a reason to use the Sledge II's at such great range, or is the usefulness lost in the inability to...

I like that the weapons are arranged by size and DPS, with the absolute minimum stats one would have an interest in. This seems to support my continuing interest that if one can teach oneself to manage with the slower ammo weapons, there are huge advantages to them, especially if one can learn...

If each of the players were to send their cash to Montoya, instead of one of themselves, I think we could be assured Montoya would purchase the ship with the funds. The ship might stay in the name of TEST, but it could be permanently assigned to the owners. The only trouble I see is if there...

Just to muck up this thread with a hint of seriousness, one of the ways we could optimize our play time through participation in an org, would be if that org provided a way for players to do joint ownership of the larger ships. There are probably quite a few players who would love to own a ship...

$750 is a good price point. Think of it as half-wing Vanguard, and an Idris as 2 wings or 1 squadron Vanguard. If this is fast, has lots of scan and other utility, and at least 4 S5 turrets, it will be a good buy. If it putters around at the speed of a Tally, then it will not be useful. 5 S6...

I don't think anyone is going top use the Argo in a combat situation, and the Tally looks like it is going to be too slow to be useful for most of the tasks it was designed for. It also has way too little hull and shields for a combat ship that large and sluggish-it will just be a target. The...

When you add up all the things you will want to pay for in and out of game, anything you can d to reduce your expenses seem worthwhile. I think there is going to be some sticker shock when players find what they need to pay NPC's to crew their larger ships as well as marine FPS NPC's top stop...

I suggest take the poll again after the Polaris stats are out. It could be very disappointing. If it is as slow as a Tally, I would not see it as useful.

Those are pretty good examples! I stand corrected.

I can't understand why people are talking about price creep. A combat ship the size of an 890 Jump or Carrack, that is more capable than either of those ships at Corvette type duties, is going to be expensive. This is not a gunship. Depending upon whom you talk to, a Corvette is either the...

I think that is probably so. Just note that EM scanners are completely different from IR scanners,, so if you equip an S2 scan slot with long range EM, you may have to go without long rang IR. Bigger ships will have better and more slots, so the Carrack really will scan a larger area than the...

The "Cone" you're talking about is better called the "radiation pattern" of any given antenna. CIG has said in the past that you will be able to swap out portions of your scan setup in order to enhance some functions at the detriment of others. My guess is what you talk about above, to be able...

When I wrote this I was wondering if it would be 4 S5 manned turrets. Looking at the 890 Jump, I would revise my guess to 4 S5. The 890 is close to the same size and capability. A more militarized version of the Jump could make a good Corvette.