Favorite Ship Size Poll

atari_eric · #1 January 12th, 2003, 06:32 PM

Early game, I like the destoyers: I can get them reasonably fast and they seem like a nice size.

Late game, I like Cruisers, because a Ship Yard can fit on them.

From what I've seen on this topic, I'm probably going to be really screwed once I start playing PBW. I don't even have the ship mounts memorized, and my mind seems to be more on economics than warfare. *shrug* oh, well, i can still learn

mlmbd · #2 January 12th, 2003, 06:39 PM

I'm with Pax on this one;

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In the early game, I chose Frigate. Why? It's a nice, small, fast ship -- and I can simply add a CSM (or similar) to my initial scout design.

I can also add a Remote Sat to the hull. So I like it alot early!

mlmbd

Chronon · #3 January 12th, 2003, 07:14 PM

In the early game I use the biggest hull size I have researched. Light cruisers and Battle Cruisers seem the best of these, though, for the reasons already mentioned.

In the late game I like Battleships - for the same reasons everyone else does. The bigger sizes are just too slow - mobility is often a key to victory.

Ed Kolis · #4 January 13th, 2003, 03:46 AM

LC's for the Large Mount and +10 defense, BB's for the Heavy Mount and they're only 1 unit slower than ES-BC, but sometimes I'll use Baseships just because they get Massive Mount!

tesco samoa · #5 January 13th, 2003, 04:34 AM

BB

BB

Suicide Junkie · #6 January 13th, 2003, 04:45 AM

BattleMoons!
Sure, even using warppoint openers and closers, the thing is slower than most ships, and it takes 25 combat turns just to close to within range of a planet, but its just so big!

Until the point where I can refit my fleet with battlemoons, Dreads for power mixed in with BCs for run and smash operations.

Slynky · #7 January 13th, 2003, 03:32 PM

Early game, no doubt LC is best. Combination of 10% defensive bonus, first weapon size jump, and CHEAP to build.

I hear a lot about BC's (and I see a lot) but I have never liked them. If you're playing against me, you'll see them only because I'm building a few while working on BB tech. After I get BB tech, you'll hardly see one built again.