Best Bridge Design?

[Ravaen]

I was wondering what the best design for a ship bridge, Im currently in the process of creating a cruiser class ship and so far its planned to be 120 blocks long and im having trouble deciding how to create the control bridge. I want the ship to be mainly useful for pvp but still not lacking design wise. Should I have an internal or external bridge? One thats extruding? Should it be heavily armoured? Or high visibility?

[Siterus]

there is no "best" bridge design
or to say the least... it changes from ship to ship
if its made for pvp i would put it deep inside the ship and cover it with blast doors
you can also use heavy blocks instead of blast doors... but i prefer blast doors since they dont deform

[Samerrie]

If you mainly use it for pvp then is best spot in the middle of ship thet it first get after heavy damge hits.

[Baratheon79]

As others have said, if the ship's designed for pvp, it's best to put the bridge deep inside the ship, encased in either heavy armor or blast doors (I do like that suggestion from MrCitrus). Or, if you prefer to have it set up so you can see outside the ship, you can place it so it protrudes, and then hide a backup down inside for pvp.

Main thing to keep in mind is, if an opponent can see your bridge during a fight, they WILL try to take it out. Same thing if they know where your reactors are (best idea for them is to have them in multiple locations throughout the ship).

[Ravaen]

Originally posted by Baratheon79:

As others have said, if the ship's designed for pvp, it's best to put the bridge deep inside the ship, encased in either heavy armor or blast doors (I do like that suggestion from MrCitrus). Or, if you prefer to have it set up so you can see outside the ship, you can place it so it protrudes, and then hide a backup down inside for pvp.

Main thing to keep in mind is, if an opponent can see your bridge during a fight, they WILL try to take it out. Same thing if they know where your reactors are (best idea for them is to have them in multiple locations throughout the ship).

Ok, thank you for everyones suggestions. I rely mainly on cameras for viewing areas but i like the 3rd person perspective which is very hard to use in a larger ship. I did pretty much exactly what baratheon said, I created a small bump in the top where o put 2 layers of vertical windows and then actual windows to create an airtight area that had view over the battlefield. This was however not the actual bridge and more of a passenger area for crew/travellers/fighter pilots (since i have a small hangar on the ship). This "fake" bridge lead down to the actual bridge, sealed away by doors and layers upon layers of heavy armour. This all being protected by 3 interior turrets. Now im wondering if I should add extra protection (with interior turrets) to prevent players from getting inside the main bridge. The main bridge has 3 entrances. 1 from the aformentioned "fake" bridge and 2 from the hangar which is practically in the other end of the ship. The real bridge has 2 turrets inside it while the fake bridge has 1 turret inside it. Should I put another turret in the hangar? Or any where else from that matter? If you want to I can upload the ship, i made it a bit shorter due to time restraints, so please let me know what you think. Also was wondering if I should use hydrogen or ion thrusters, currently using a combination. Only meant for space travel and using the hydrogen mainly for extra boost when engaging enemies, otherwise only relying on ion thrusters

[Nonexistent]

Put inside the ship for PvP otherwise u can have a low bridge on top... like 2 blocks high with hvy armor.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

I always build a real bridge......then have a command center burried away aswell. I find people tend to target the big fancy looking bridge thinking im up there, buying some time before they focous on important stuff like weapons and thrusters :)