Your Favorite Ship Size
 

Just a poll to determine what ship hull size you like the most. If you want, post about why you picked the hull size you did.

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

I voted for battlecruiser, although it's probably not the most effective ship in the standard game.

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

light criuser. for roleplay purposes, i like the idea of zipping around.

[ March 31, 2003, 08:45: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

Battleships are the most effective overall.

Haven't we already had several polls like this? I know I made one.

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, I remember one or two others. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

But I voted for battleship. Just because they got a nice size for a good mix of weapons and so forth. In the early game I like LCs the best though. Still only need 1 life support and CQ, and they can have the large mount.

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Although I think the LC is the best hull for the same reasons that Ragnarok wrote, I voted for the DN.
Why?
Because think the more easy way to defeat a good DN fleet, is using another DN fleet....

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I like most the H U G E ships. Imagine that you see a planet and... Wait, it's moving, it's a ship, not a planet!
I voted for "other", for my precious "Death Star" (44000 kt), a H U G E ship I made for creating Ringworlds or Sphereworls using only one ship and save the maintenance cost of smaller ships or stations until I have them all.
I know a real Death Star has 999999 times the size of the mine, but I actually cannot afford to construct and mantain one of those 120-160 km diameter space stations.

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I picked BC because it is large enough to hold all the goodies later in the game with room for a decent weapons package and because larger sizes start slowing down due to less engines.

BTW, aside from maybe a turn 2-5 explorer, does anyone use escorts for anything? I haven't built one in probably a year - for anything. I wish they were more attractive for use in mid game.

Slick.

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If I have x turns, the biggest ship I can build in x turns using a planetary SY. x is usually 2 or 3 in peacetime..

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

I play mostly in high tech games and The lowest ship hull i use is probably light cruiser, for stellar manipulations and scout ships, i have used destroyers once though but that was before i added minesweepers on the scout

I picked battleship in the poll, gives you that lovely new mount but doesn't sacrifice that much speed, just lovely *sips cup of tea and acts all english* http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

BBs move as fast as smaller ships in combat. The loss of 1 strategic move point compared to BCs is overshadowed by the Heavy Mounts. DNs lose 1 tactical movement compared to BBs, and have the same mounts. This is why DNs are not my favorite ship size. They are only slightly more effecicient in C&C and Engine space used, but this slight advantage is overshadowed by the slower tactical move. They can be out-flanked/out-ranged by BBs and smaller ships.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Escorts make good, fast, easy to built medical ships that can get rid of those plagues in a flash.

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks. I'll check that out. I usually use a Destroyer hull for my "Ambulance" and give it an Emergency Propulsion Pod for that extra boost. Maybe it will squeeze into an Escort.

Slick.

[ April 01, 2003, 02:02: Message edited by: Slick ]

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I voted for Baseship.

It IS slow but by the time you have the infrastructure and technology to use them you also have fast engines and solar sails. If enemy wants to fight he has to come to me, I just destroy his planets. I can fit a repair bay on a baseship and still have plenty of space for weapons. This makes baseships almost immortal.

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" It is not the size that matters but how you use it !"

Sorry, could not resist http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Your Favorite Ship Size
 

Well small sizes are too weak, and big sizes are too slow. So medium sizes are best. Your statement doesn't work well here Oleg. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And the baseships can have most % of weapons and shields on them. They have only 2 disadvantages - slow speed(not so imporatnt in strategic combat) and they are easy to hit(but they have many shields and much armor). BTW: If I remember well the "average" BB in hi-tech games cots about 24 kT of minerals. BS about 36 kT. 2 BB's have hard time beating a BS and they cost more. These are the reasons why I prefer BS over BB.