Balor useless?

[fiese Fee™]

Had a Balor but i cant refuel the Drones and she doesnt fired Rockets at any Time.So whats the Point of this Vessel?

[Set-115689]

Balors can't use drones since they have no drone bays. If you bought it new then it probably has no missiles. Battleships can run out of missiles. You can edit your save game if you need to add ammo if the ship dealer doesn't sell it.

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Missiles shouldn't deplete...
They don't need any missiles aboard.

I'd recommend to get better staff.
Captain with 5* combat and leadership, and Defence Officer with 5* combat and leadership.
Someone on the official forums confirmed that usage of missiles indeed depends on the combat skills.
And leadership skill improves all other skills by a small bit.
Morale skill = when ship is damaged, the skills will drop. The higher the morale skill, the lower the penalty.
Navigation skill improves steering rates of ships, and also seems to decrease the pause between pauses. Iam not sure, but watching my 5* captain jumping around universe like mad, and then seeing that lazy teladi with 1* navigation is enough for me to know the difference.

But personally I indeed find the Balors useless. They are weak, very weak.

[Set-115689]

Missiles depleted on the tarranis, arawn and succules in patch 2.20 so I think balor does also. You can check the ammo in your save game.

arawn missile supply from game save

ammunition>
<available>
<item macro="missile_turret_dumbfire_macro" amount="659"/>
<item macro="missile_turret_swarm_macro" amount="180"/>
</available>

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Good to know, thanks.
Now I know that equipping missile launchers on ships is useless, and so is the Balor, since missile launcher is it's only competitive weapon.

[Set-115689]

You can add ammo at a ship dealer. 2.5 has the correct missiles available. Captured ships usually have ammo.

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Ooooh now I remember. There was an option to "equip ammo" or something like that in shipyards.
Got to check out sometime.

[fiese Fee™]

Hmk,i cant buy any kind of Missiles for the Balor,no Shipdealer offers me something for the Balor,and no Shipdealer wants do buy Novadrones.
I use this Ship now as VIP Transport for myself,its perfect for that.