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This is a very pleasant surprise. 5 big anti-fighter guns, enough to take on anything smaller than an Idris. Enough S5 torpedoes to take on pair of Vanduul Void Bombers from outside the range of their spinal mounts. This ship looks like it can stop Vanduul raiding parties. Looks like enough...

Its not an annoyance. It's a cleverly disguised firework, that goes all kablooie when you target it.

Yeah. The golf swing is just an attempt to make scanning a real time skill rather than only an intellectual exercise. It works for me.

I can see great reason to fly all four Vanguard variants together. We don't know what is possible yet, but it may be that pilots and gunners forming a wing or squadron can each individually tie their respawn points to a single Warden in the mix, and if a player is killed during a boarding...

You do well to point out what many people ignore when they buy large multi-crew ships. Even boats like the StarG need sufficient crew or they are just flying targets. The Redeemer requires 5 and the Idris 10, so it is a fair bet the Polaris will need about 7. I think you have much better odds...

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.