Why is it class A ships are the best?

[The Nameless]

So far I have yet to see any trend that would put class B or C ships above class A. Class A ships seem to have the most reactor power to spare, the highest top speed, the fastest shield recovery. It's true that they can't mount the most powerful weapons, and their shields have a small disadvantage in capacity, but with the ability to keep more systems fully powered, it really looks to me like class A ships are the best overall.

Am I wrong?

[Duke Flapjack]

Not *necessarily.* It depends on what you want out of your ship. Also generally speaking the farther you are level wise the more powerful you can make your B and C-classes. There are a lot of parts for them that are locked behind both levels and the ship mod trait.

[Deadoon]

Class C reactors have higher max outputs, provide more hull durability to them, can handle the most powerful class C weapons, and the highest output grav drives, which have 50 thrust.

Also you can use Class A thrusters on a Class C ship to get the higher max speed if you wanted.

Technically the best balanced shield imo is a class B one with 1500 shields.

[katzenkrimis]

I think the opposite.

The third ship that I've got my eye on is a class C, in the 300,000+ range.

Second one that I bought was a B-class for $280,000.

The first, an A-class, for $230,000.

The B and C are the best. One is very offensive, the other is extremely defensive.

I'd never purchase an A-class ship again.

[The Nameless]

Originally posted by Deadoon:

Class C reactors have higher max outputs, provide more hull durability to them, can handle the most powerful class C weapons, and the highest output grav drives, which have 50 thrust.

Also you can use Class A thrusters on a Class C ship to get the higher max speed if you wanted.

Technically the best balanced shield is a class B one with 1500 shields.

Not that I've seen. Maybe like the guy before you said, I just need a higher level to unlock stuff.

It bugs me that the Starborn ship is far inferior to the ship I ended my first go-round with. They're presented as this super-tech super-ship, then you get one and it's just a solid starter ship... and you can't upgrade it to keep it relevant.

[fauxpas]

Honestly I just slowly uograde Frontier into Class (C) ... while keeping it as close to the same overall look as possible so its a mixed class I guess.

[Humble]

A Class can't handle easy vs full of high level fleet while C class could handle it high level fleets solo?

[Duke Flapjack]

Originally posted by katzenkrimis:

I think the opposite.

The third ship that I've got my eye on is a class C, in the 300,000+ range.

Second one that I bought was a B-class for $280,000.

The first, an A-class, for $230,000.

The B and C are the best. One is very offensive, the other is extremely defensive.

I'd never purchase an A-class ship again.

I just built myself a new class-A ship for RP purposes. It's actually a stupidly powerful combat ship in its own right. My gigantic class-C is fun, but I wanted to keep my house relevant.

[Shield]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Originally posted by Deadoon:

Class C reactors have higher max outputs, provide more hull durability to them, can handle the most powerful class C weapons, and the highest output grav drives, which have 50 thrust.

Also you can use Class A thrusters on a Class C ship to get the higher max speed if you wanted.

Technically the best balanced shield is a class B one with 1500 shields.

Not that I've seen. Maybe like the guy before you said, I just need a higher level to unlock stuff.

It bugs me that the Starborn ship is far inferior to the ship I ended my first go-round with. They're presented as this super-tech super-ship, then you get one and it's just a solid starter ship... and you can't upgrade it to keep it relevant.

eh, never got that impression. i was already blowing up those ships on my first playthrough with a regular nasapunk tub pretty handily. its bis for grav jumps which is sensible enough for me

[Deadoon]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Originally posted by Deadoon:

Class C reactors have higher max outputs, provide more hull durability to them, can handle the most powerful class C weapons, and the highest output grav drives, which have 50 thrust.

Also you can use Class A thrusters on a Class C ship to get the higher max speed if you wanted.

Technically the best balanced shield is a class B one with 1500 shields.

Not that I've seen. Maybe like the guy before you said, I just need a higher level to unlock stuff.

It bugs me that the Starborn ship is far inferior to the ship I ended my first go-round with. They're presented as this super-tech super-ship, then you get one and it's just a solid starter ship... and you can't upgrade it to keep it relevant.

Yeah, ship unlocks go all the way to level 60.

Class C ships can use thrusters like the Sal 6830, which is a quest reward unlock I learned recently(and was able to purchase, but not use at like level 20 on this run), which has a whopping 18000 thrust, and 8800 maneuver for only 2 engine power. These allow you to make some pretty high capacity and efficiency ships with the only sacrifice being a loss of 13% max speed.

[Michael]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Originally posted by Deadoon:

Class C reactors have higher max outputs, provide more hull durability to them, can handle the most powerful class C weapons, and the highest output grav drives, which have 50 thrust.

Also you can use Class A thrusters on a Class C ship to get the higher max speed if you wanted.

Technically the best balanced shield is a class B one with 1500 shields.

Not that I've seen. Maybe like the guy before you said, I just need a higher level to unlock stuff.

It bugs me that the Starborn ship is far inferior to the ship I ended my first go-round with. They're presented as this super-tech super-ship, then you get one and it's just a solid starter ship... and you can't upgrade it to keep it relevant.

I don't remember seeing a class A reactor with more than 28 power. I've seen Class C reactors with 40.

[The Nameless]

Originally posted by owlBear:

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Not that I've seen. Maybe like the guy before you said, I just need a higher level to unlock stuff.

It bugs me that the Starborn ship is far inferior to the ship I ended my first go-round with. They're presented as this super-tech super-ship, then you get one and it's just a solid starter ship... and you can't upgrade it to keep it relevant.

eh, never got that impression. i was already blowing up those ships on my first playthrough with a regular nasapunk tub pretty handily. its bis for grav jumps which is sensible enough for me

Yeah, I have to admit... space combat is pretty easy overall. It's meant to be there for immersion, I think; this is a groundpounder game at heart. Inferior or not, I know my Starborn ship is still gonna be good enough to get me through the game if I want. Though it bugs me that it lacks a research station, and a bed.

[BEEP!]

Na my guy A class will easily get overwhelmed in high lvl content you need to be able to tank damage later unless your playing on normal and lower.

[ayrtep]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

It bugs me that the Starborn ship is far inferior to the ship I ended my first go-round with. They're presented as this super-tech super-ship, then you get one and it's just a solid starter ship... and you can't upgrade it to keep it relevant.

Its armour and ship are not that great, they are only to get you started, as otherwise you would have nothing.

Anyway you should look for an upgrade as soon as.

[The Nameless]

Originally posted by ayrtep:

Originally posted by The Nameless:

It bugs me that the Starborn ship is far inferior to the ship I ended my first go-round with. They're presented as this super-tech super-ship, then you get one and it's just a solid starter ship... and you can't upgrade it to keep it relevant.

Its armour and ship are not that great, they are only to get you started, as otherwise you would have nothing.

Anyway you should look for an upgrade as soon as.

(sigh) Yeah, I know. Dammit. It looks so good though!

But I like the looks of the Star Eagle. Once I get it, I'll probably kit that out with the weapon mix I like and use it for the rest of the game.

And given the answers I've gotten here, and the fact I will have unlocked more gear for it, I'll probably buff it up to class C for the road

[Dustreaper]

I feel it is low rank C or b ships are close to A ships but as you level up the gap becomes wider because new parts unlock.