Favorite Ark Ship?

[GipsyDanger]

Fun topic.
Has anyone messed around with the Ark Ships? Does anyone have a favorite or a Ark ship they really enjoyed using?
I've only used the Rorqual Hegira Ark Ship (Bubble Shield Ship) and it was alright. I was heart broken at first when it died in battle, but was relieved it was only disable.

[Ovalcircle]

Thanatos is a zombifying ark and supposedly it is a beast later on in the game.

[Liren]

I'd have to chime in for Thanatos, too. I have a penchant for trying to take over enemy ships in any game that it's possible to do so. Parasites + Leech was a favorite staple in the first game.

[JustinS]

I've only just started messing with the game. Orchard seems like the best, as it heals itself by how much damage it does. Nearly one-shots everything at mk1, doubled most stats at mk2

You can't kill it if it out-heals your damage.
Strong Damage
Healing Factor
Heals ally ships

Anyone know how to open the upgrade screen for the Ark Ships?
Also, I need wormholes, to fight enemy factions/lore!
Just like in the first game.

[Dietmar Von Hippo]

Originally posted by Vanilla:

I've only just started messing with the game. Orchard seems like the best, as it heals itself by how much damage it does. Nearly one-shots everything at mk1, doubled most stats at mk2

You can't kill it if it out-heals your damage.
Strong Damage
Healing Factor
Heals ally ships

Anyone know how to open the upgrade screen for the Ark Ships?
Also, I need wormholes, to fight enemy factions/lore!
Just like in the first game.

You can upgrade the Ark ships in the Tech screen. It's near the bottom with the metal extractor. You need both research points and Ark points.

[JustinS]

Originally posted by Dietmar Von Hippo:

Originally posted by Vanilla:

I've only just started messing with the game. Orchard seems like the best, as it heals itself by how much damage it does. Nearly one-shots everything at mk1, doubled most stats at mk2

You can't kill it if it out-heals your damage.
Strong Damage
Healing Factor
Heals ally ships

Anyone know how to open the upgrade screen for the Ark Ships?
Also, I need wormholes, to fight enemy factions/lore!
Just like in the first game.

You can upgrade the Ark ships in the Tech screen. It's near the bottom with the metal extractor. You need both research points and Ark points.

Yeah, I knew about upgrading it that way.

I meant upgrading them like in the first game.
You kill stuff, you get exp and points.
Customization screen, you select what weapons go where. Reach a certain level and it levels up, getting a new visual appearance and having more weapon slots.

I feel like doing this way made me more connected to the individual "Champion" ships.

Also, having a small description for ships in the main/quick start tab would be nice. Like telling me what each ark ship specializes in.

[Outplayed and Destroyed]

Hegira - abuse with Zenith trader zombi(controlled) units and rare or impotant ships under shield
Orchid - tank+heal
Gyrn - a little abuse with auto bomb ships
Thanatos - a little abuse with uncontrollable zombi

[APhoenixSoaring]

If your Ark ship dies, how do you respawn it? Mine is dead, and won't reclaim with engineers or rebuilders.

[themouthofsauron]

Do you own the planet with your dead Ark? You have to own the planet to rebuild an ark/claim a golem, etc

[GipsyDanger]

Originally posted by APhoenixSoaring:

If your Ark ship dies, how do you respawn it? Mine is dead, and won't reclaim with engineers or rebuilders.

You have to capture the planet to rebuild it with the engineers.

[APhoenixSoaring]

Yup I did that, and no joy.

[Epic The Incandescent]

Originally posted by Vanilla:

I've only just started messing with the game. Orchard seems like the best, as it heals itself by how much damage it does. Nearly one-shots everything at mk1, doubled most stats at mk2

You can't kill it if it out-heals your damage.
Strong Damage
Healing Factor
Heals ally ships

Anyone know how to open the upgrade screen for the Ark Ships?
Also, I need wormholes, to fight enemy factions/lore!
Just like in the first game.

orchid is the best ark, with gyrn right behind it as its ability to ♥♥♥♥ out mass amounts of ships can not be overlooked.
Not gonna lie though: I miss the customizeable hero ships and raid ships.

[dv=i log(wf/wi)]

Thanatos helped me beat my first game. Also love its name and backstory