So that pretty much describes most of us in Test.
Esperia Prowler LTI $425
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@Gauna didn't win the top prize. System must be rigged!
'CAUSE CIG ARE DUMB AND BLIND!
AntiSqueaker
Space Marshal
Yeah, Prowler is cool.
If I could not pay 130$ for a Caterpillar- Prowler CCU I might get it, but fuck paying like 80 extra dollars because I funded you to get off the ground in the past.
If I could not pay 130$ for a Caterpillar- Prowler CCU I might get it, but fuck paying like 80 extra dollars because I funded you to get off the ground in the past.
*chof* *chof* http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Copperhead_(The_Spirits_Within) *chof* *chof*
Well cheers to all who buy this, it looks decent but to expensive for its one purpose for me and I own the blade!
Shadow Reaper
Space Marshal
Back when RSI announced the Cutlass would not get a docking collar, it became evident they are not going to plan a huge advantage for them in ship boarding. So long as personal armor can be used as a vacuum suit, boarders probably are better off breaching hulls in multiple places rather than attacking through the expected airlock. So in effect what you say is true. There becomes little difference between a dedicated boarding craft and a troop transport so far as doors are concerned.
RSI has however suggested that the Prowler is unusually sneaky. It will supposedly be a stealth ship. If it performs as hoped, it will be much more than an APC. If you can use this to sneak up on a Polaris, Void Bomber, or Idris, it will be worth every penny of the $425. With 2-3 of these a committed team could make it their mission to steal very expensive ships on a regular basis. What would any self-respecting pirate or privateer not pay for that?
Compare it to a Retaliator transport or a pair of Redeemers, or a pair of Hoplites. In all cases this requires less crew. The Prowler will be slower than all these others save perhaps the Retaliator. 4XS4 + 1XS6 guns could be good firepower for just two gunners, including the pilot.
No missiles. For boarding you want to have missiles to spike with and we've been told several times that boarding is really a team effort requiring several ships. So what do you want to team this with that optimizes missile load-out, could be made stealthy, and is not especially fast? Looks like a reason to build a few Ghost Gladiators to me. If you can remove the turret from the Gladiator and put in the Hornet Tracker turret or the Warlock's EMP Generator, all the better.
We seldom talk about the Gladiators, but here is where they might shine. A single Gladiator can carry 12 Arrester III missiles that do 1,200 distortion damage each, lock at 12 km and can range out to 36 km. And then there are the 4 Stalker V's they can carry that do even more damage and lock/track targets from 20 km. If you had an NPC flying a Ghost Gladiator as escort, there are lots of ships just two players on the Prowler might be able to manage.
Count me intrigued. If you could lock cargo to the floor for multi-purpose I'd be far more enthused, and if we knew a single player could control 14 NPC marines that would be a selling point. I do love the speed and versatility of the Vanguards, so I will need some convincing the Prowler is a better choice for privateering, but so far it looks good, and it is cheaper than the pair of Hoplites it replaces.
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AntiSqueaker
Space Marshal
Don't forget the Cat can also be a boarding ship and was designed as such.
Much less stealthy but also probably hella tougher with all that armor and redundant power plants. And can carry a heckload more guys than 8 Grunts.
Shitty armament stock though, a pair of 2xS2 manned turrets on a 100+ meter pirate focused vessel is a complete joke imo. Here's hoping for gunnery modules.
Much less stealthy but also probably hella tougher with all that armor and redundant power plants. And can carry a heckload more guys than 8 Grunts.
Shitty armament stock though, a pair of 2xS2 manned turrets on a 100+ meter pirate focused vessel is a complete joke imo. Here's hoping for gunnery modules.
Yeah, what happened to our heavily armed freighter? We used to have a bunch of guns on the Cat didn't we?
Shadow Reaper
Space Marshal
The Cat is slated for 4XS4 gimbals and we should be able to add a missile module or 4 (but that would take up all your cargo room). The trouble is, it is not fast nor maneuverable, it is not stealthy, and it makes a very big and easy to hit target. Of course if you immobilize your opponent early with missiles, none of this matters.
Damn these sales events! Bought a herald, prowler, cat and a few x85 for lifetime insurance CCU upgrades. I just want to cry....
Shadow Reaper
Space Marshal
I was just thinking, with just S2 reactor you have to choose ballistic to keep your power down for stealth reasons. So you're kinda stuck with short range weapons only. Not my favorite but that's what it looks like. So I stuck it in the dps calculator--4X Combine Ballistic Cannon and 2X Aegis Ballistic Repeater is 10,354 dps. You would have to be be crazy to fly an attacking fighter anywhere near this thing.
AntiSqueaker
Space Marshal
All those S4 gimbals got mysteriously changed to twin 2xS2 turrets, and that is it stock.
Absolutely pathetic compared to the amount of firepower the Starfarer, Constellation, and hell even the Freelancer come with out of the box. Gimping the Cat's firepower so you can sell 50$ Turret modules is bad form.
Yeah. It's kinda a kick in the balls. I WAS going to use the Cat as my mainstay vessel. We shall see now.
Liquor_and_ores
Space Marshal
Someone used the holo veiwer and painted it
https://sketchfab.com/models/f48385407e7149229093911880902f76
https://sketchfab.com/models/f48385407e7149229093911880902f76
Liquor_and_ores
Space Marshal
CIG Calix Reneau | CIGCalixReneau said:[source]
The Caterpillar turrets have 2x S4 cannons.
I didn't notice that the loadout was wrong until it was too late to fix the marketing materials - sorry for the scare.
Beau-fucking-tiful~!
I noticed that Prowler doesn't need the landing gears, so their rotating wing-thrusters are. :smile: