Favorite Ship Size Poll

[Gryphin]

LCs and BCs for the same reasons everyone else has mentioned.
"The Firstest with the Mostest"

[Pax]

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 ... hopefully with uprated engines too, but ... *shrug*.

There's even room, for shorter-range uses, for 1 PDC and two CSMs in a Frigate. Makes a GREAT -early- hull.

If there was a seperate midgame choice, it would have been the Cruiser hulls collectively (CL, CA, BC).

Late game, I like the Dreadnoughts. Not as insufferably slow as the baseships, but still plenty big. 8)

[dumbluck]

That information is classified.

[Rollo]

LC, BB for reasons already stated by others.

I will usually only use DN at late/full tech, if I have Propulsion Expert advantage or as WP blockers.

[Wanderer]

When I get battlecruisers I tend to scrap (sorry, phase out) anything smaller. Battleships are great because they are just as fast in combat and have larger weapon mounts.

If I've taken propulsion experts, I'll use battlecruisers (max speed 13/7) as rapid reaction forces and dreadnoughts (max speed 11/6) instead of battleships for strike fleets.

I hardly ever use cruisers as I'm usually preparing to build great fleets of battlecruisers - I'd use 'em in an emergency, obviously.

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"Speed can get you into trouble. Speed can get you out of trouble." - my mate's driving instructor.

[DavidG]

I like the best ship my tech will allow. Of course having said that I usually take a break from researching Ship Construction after I have LC. I also will only research beyond BB when I have a real surplus a research points.

[Arkcon]

Hmmm...see late game I really like Dreadnoughts. Yeah, same mount as a BB, but the hold more stuff. It's hare to track fast moving stuff, but by then -- I'm into smashing infrastructure. Ma Ha Ha

[Atrocities]

Earily game I use what I can get, but I always use the Destroyer throughout the game.

In fact I use all of the ship classes throughout the game.

Battleship is by far my favorate.

[atari_eric]

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]

I'm with Pax on this one;

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