Favorite ships of each Class and Why?

[SpiralRazor]

I used to really really like the Medusa, and its great for blowing stuff in half but man....I switched to the Abeja and its sooo much more versatile....

I also favored the Pegasus for Gunships and the Wolverine for the cloak.

[Crache]

I run 100% beam weapons, nothing else, not even heavy weapons. So:

Legionnaire Frigate. 100 energy battery to feed my beam weapons, 100 cargo space to scoop up the loot. 80 power core for running beam manipulation longer. Had to fly to Planet Corrion to get it, but was worth it.

Haven't looked thoroughly at the higher classes of ship yet, but basically whatever I pick will end up being focused on beam weapons with reasonable tradeoffs.

One thing that I do look favorably on is when a ship has Energy resistance or a higher trooper count. Optional though.

[Lich Lord]

Favorite ship so far...Cloak, plasma cannons, Missiles. 10,000 hull, 65 crew, 3,000 shield 150 cargo space... What a Cruiser.
Bought it from TriaCorp HQ.

I give you Poseidon
http://starpoint-gemini-2.wikia.com/wiki/Poseidon

[Crache]

Originally posted by Admiral Dyroi:

I give you Poseidon
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003185627/home

Looked at the Poseidon for potential use as an energy boat the other day, but the Ptolemy looked more appealing since the Ptolemy has more EHP than the Poseidon (resistances), larger energy battery, a shorter PTE activation time for getting moving, etc. The thing that bothers me though, is it only has a 45 trooper cap. That said, the Poseidon is a pretty solid ship for the Cruiser class. The obvious energy boat of the cruiser class is the Hydra, but it only has 65 cargo and much less EHP. :/

[Lich Lord]

It's my personal fav because of the low vertical profile, it is large horizontally but simple up down movement with a few pitch and yaws to bare all guns on target and i rarely drop below 50% shields on one side unless im fighting hero's which to date my Poseidon: Apollos Magna has killed 6 or 7 and im talking the level 60+ bad boys worth 4m+ a kill.

If i ever get into a jam i just pop cloak and PTE, the cloak mitigates the long PTE chargeup because they stop firing anyhow :)

[Paul Debrion]

For a frigate I'd have to say the Myrmidon.
It looks cool, it's fairly quick and maneuverable, and it has cloak.
My only complaint is the blind spot below and behind, but on a frigate-sized ship that doesn't too matter much.

For a destroyer I'd have to go with the Ronin. It has really nicely placed turrets and plenty of them. It's also thin enough vertically to be fairly easy to dodge with, and it has a cloak.

[Mark]

My Fav is the Corsair corvette. 100% to speed with evasion buffs, maneuvering, strong shield regen and your unkillable. I've had around 15 destroyers/cruisers/dreadnaughts fighting me and still be unable to kill me...

it also looks cool.

[Lou the Lou]

I just picked up the Abeja after running some pirate frigate with a measly 35 cargo and 32 troopers - blech. The Abeja, though, is awesome. Railgun up front, beams on the side, and a nice heavy plasma in the back.

I show up to an area, capture the biggest target, kill everything else, take all the most valuable loot, tow my trophy to the nearest station, and rake in the dough. Then I do it again.

[Silver Smurfer]

So as we see, the corvettes are completely playable by some people in contrary to what others were writing about them in certain threads. That was my experience as well.

[Silver Smurfer]

Wiki is outdated.
I find cargo a completely useless stat for a fighting ship. I could not care less if i have 100 cargo or 10 there. You can carry infinite number of weapon systems or consumables anyway.

Artemis is great for heavy weapons. For light weapons i find others more interesting. Like the one giving +50% battery recharge, +20% range, +5% crit chance and 15% damage. All on one enchancement.

[fivemilesmile]

For me corvettes and the Wolverine among them. My first truly good experience was in the game when back in April I finally sold my Myrmidon (starting ship in Beta) and bought the Wolverine. A lot weaker ship of course, but was way much fun to try to stay alive and board everything I met. I fly that ship ever since.

Also frigates and Abeja, definitely.

EDIT: why?
Did not answer that.
So corvettes in my eyes about just as agile as gunships (or close to them) with more guns, so dodging is more easy with them while you still can pack a decent amount of punch.

Frigates are my long time favourites, simply because I see this class as the universal workhorse of any fleet. You can stand you own against any reasonable foe flying one, you are agile enough to run away, not that pricey, can be used for any role (mining, fighting, taxiing) so I like them.

[fivemilesmile]

Originally posted by Maniaks:

Wiki is outdated.

It is indeed, for which I apologize. With all the helping hand I'm getting form the community lately, it will be up to date soon however, so keep checking back Captain! :)

Good point on the cargo size, I do not find it that important either.

[WGB]

Frigates: Myrmidon and Neptune

Destroyer: Ronin

Cruisers: Razsa and Poseidon

Battleships: Bishop and Paladin

Dreadnought: Helios

Carrier: Tzar

For gunship and corvette, i don't like small ships that much.

[SpiralRazor]

Originally posted by Maniaks:

So as we see, the corvettes are completely playable by some people in contrary to what others were writing about them in certain threads. That was my experience as well.

I.....would not say that.....Due to how the scaling works in the campaign the corvette becomes outclassed relatively quickly. You would have to be lucky or play for a long time to run something like Mark. And im not sure you could do it on the higher difficulty levels as the NPCs have more accuracy to counter evasion.

Thank you for all your inputs and please dont forget to put WHY you like your favorite ships!

[Greythorn]

Gunship: Luna

It has 32 troops(!), awesome speed and decent everything. I've captured frigates with this, which turned out to be a pain in the behind as the grapple could only take about 2/3 normal speed before breaking. Downside is it cant be bought afaik.

I captured one with the beginner ship by sending troops to whittle down the troop strength, then leading it toward a friendly station where I would duck in to replenish my troops and then go out to capture it with my second set of troops.

[Byron]

Originally posted by Maniaks:

I find cargo a completely useless stat for a fighting ship. I could not care less if i have 100 cargo or 10 there. You can carry infinite number of weapon systems or consumables anyway.

A really good point, as in my experience weapon systems have brought in far, far more cash than cargo, and cargo start getting just rather annoying sadly.

As for ships:

I went Gunship-Taurus > Frigate-Legionnaire > Cruiser-Poseidon > Dreadnaught-Praetorian > Carrier-Tzar

I loved the Poseidon both in looks and functionality, and the only one to come close since is the Tzar. Had ships with cloak, used it once and probably incorrectly as I still got shot up anyway, and I never messed with it again.

However if I had to do it over again I'd skip certain places, like the frigates, don't like them.

Gunship-Taurus > Corvette-Wolverine > Destroyer-Eclipse > Battleship-Paladin...and from there you can kinda do what you want, go capture a Perun Dreadnaugh as you please or start capturing ships to save up for the carrier of your choice.