Best ship size?

Owlman · #1 July 21st, 2002, 10:06 PM

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.

Fyron · #2 July 21st, 2002, 10:11 PM

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.

oleg · #3 July 22nd, 2002, 01:15 AM

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.

geoschmo · #4 July 22nd, 2002, 02:01 AM

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.

Fyron · #5 July 22nd, 2002, 02:14 AM

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

Gozra · #6 July 22nd, 2002, 04:28 AM

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.)