Best ship size?
 

My vote is for light cruiser. It has a defensive bonus, its fast, can carry good firepower, cheap. the only real weakness is durability and it cannot use larger weapon mounts. With my badass warrior race, I defeated an Eee Drednaught with one Bird of Prey (LC) and they had superior tech.

Re: Best ship size?
 

Battle Cruisers are nice because they are the largest of the "fast ships". Battle Ships are also good (esp. with Solar Sails and advanced engines) because they are only 1 slower than Battle Cruisers and have much more powerful weapon mounting. Play Strategic Combat instead of Tactical. Then you'll change your tune. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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My favorite is Light Carrier - yes, carrier.
It is _very_ cheap to research. Fill it 50% with fighter bays and what is left is 400k - light cruiser, but with heavy mount. 25% better then LC, not to mention fighters escort! And the build time is (usually) just one turn more.

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Oleg, now that's a pretty original idea there. That has some definite possibilities. Basically a pocket carrier and a light cruiser in one hull. Could be quite nasty if done properly.

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It was used against me in a PBW game, but very unsuccessfully.

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I know one player that has won a game based on the light carrier/Light cruiser concept. But for My money the Dreadnought in the mainstay ship hull. It can contain everything you need to get to a battle and survive. I would never trust the Empire to light cruiser hulls. Battle cruisers are very suited to support type ships (fleet repair ships/supply ships). And the Baseship hull is the ultimate mine sweeper. I do think however that there is room in every fleet for all sizes of ships. And with all tech researched your fleet needs to be able to handle most situations well. (Suicide ships defending the wormhole etc.)

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For the most part I like light cruisers into the midgame and battlecruisers later in the game. There is room for other sizes, both on the smaller end and the larger end, but the bulk of my fleets wind up either LC or BC. The least used size (for combat roles, anyway) is probably the cruiser. It doesn't give you much more usable space than an LC, after the double life support and crew quarters, at a greater cost.

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Guys you have it all wrong.

Escorts.
3 engines
some control
and level 1 duc.

Wins every time.

It will beat up on your dreadnaughts and make them cry for mommey.

Those Small C's will r-u the day they met an escort.
Caught in traffic... Escort will help.
Boss Nagging you... Send an Escort after him... He'll change his tune.
Worried about drops in the stock market. Invest in Escorts. There value will increase 2000% this year. We know we have the numbers.

I constantly beat everyone I play against with just these escorts.

You can too.

Wanna learn the secert.

Just send me 9.95 and you too will beat everyone you meet with the escort except these escorts.

But we can show you how to beat these escorts as well.

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Tesco! That's Genius! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Do you remember the Wiley Coyote guy with the ACME Uber-Escort strategy. ROFL! That was too funny. That might have been before you were hanging out on the forum though. What was his name anyway? I can't remmeber now. I don't think he Posts anymore.

Geo

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tesco,
Are you running an "Escort" service?