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Strategia's Fleets (formerly The Iron Demons)

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:27 pm
by Strategia
Hi there folks :) Some of you might know me from E-Studios, but if that statement makes no sense at all to you then ignore it. I've recently been introduced to this game and liked it a lot, so I decided to build my own fleet :D

I'm currently working on a second fleet and I'm planning a third, and maybe more after that, so I'll bump this thread up every now and again when I have another fleet ready.

The Iron Demons (<- download link)
Motto: Blut und Eisen
Characteristics:
-Only one line of true general-purpose ships;
-Very heavy forward firepower;
-Limited maneuverability;
-The use of small, nimble fightercraft to support their larger, more sluggish capital ships;
-Variants on basic hulls, turning a general-purpose ship into a specialised vessel.

Some ships may be more balanced than others, but then again I basically made this fleet just for fun :D Enjoy pitting them against your own ships!

Preview of the fleet flagship, with a Nagayaship 3 and a Hestia for size comparison:

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Release Versions:
-Iron Demons:
v0.4: First Release Version
-Golden Eagles:
v0.x: Development Stage
-Shining Path:
v0.0x: Planning Stage

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:14 am
by Da_Higg
I can't dl the ships
use a upload that doesn't require us to be mamber on another forum.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:18 am
by Strategia
Da_Higg wrote:I can't dl the ships
use a upload that doesn't require us to be mamber on another forum.
My bad, sorry. Corrected.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:24 am
by Cerebrus
Hot damn, that is a lot of ships.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:28 am
by Strategia
Cerebrus wrote:Hot damn, that is a lot of ships.
Well, it is an entire fleet..... and weekend + wikipedia FTW :D

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:42 am
by Himura.Kenshin
I don't like RapidShare. Try compressing your files into a .zip or a .rar, and upload them here on the ship database.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:58 am
by TormakSaber
The flagship is nice, and although Aegis heavy, still sports a tactical weakness. Looks decently balanced, on its own scale, I mean. It'd rip the poor canon ships to bits. :D

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:08 am
by Da_Higg
I try to download but

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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:19 am
by Strategia
TormakSaber wrote:The flagship is nice, and although Aegis heavy, still sports a tactical weakness. Looks decently balanced, on its own scale, I mean. It'd rip the poor canon ships to bits. :D
Yeah, that's true :) then again, it IS the flagship, and most other ships have their own weaknesses that can be exploited. For example, ALL non-fighter ships have absolutely atrocious maneuverability, and almost all ships have horrible turret coverage. In the case of the flagship the primary weaknesses are the fact that there is a (tight) gap between the Aegis'ed forward sections leaving the core open to fire (though with 1000HP it will still take some time to take down, but it's a reason to risk your ships under the torrent of fire instead of swooping around back and picking away at section after section) and the fact that, like I said in the description, it moves like a brick suspended in congealed molasses :D
Himura.Kenshin wrote:I don't like RapidShare. Try compressing your files into a .zip or a .rar, and upload them here on the ship database.
OK, will do.
edit: Houston, we have a problem. Max upload size is 150kB, the .rar file is 237kB at max compression :cry: Anyone who objects to using RapidShare, I'm seeding a torrent of the .rar file. (I hope people here know how to use it better than I do - otherwise, PM me your e-mail and I'll send it to you directly.)

Also, I'm working on the next fleet, with a somewhat similar theme :) This one will be called the Golden Eagles. Here's a preview of a battlecruiser (NOT the flagship!), again with Nagayaship 3 and a Hestia:

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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:58 pm
by Strategia
Tentative characteristics for Golden Eagle fleet:
-Comparatively small ships;
-Firepower and armour suffers in favour of speed and maneuverability;
-Most ships completely lack point-defence armament, and need to remain close to fire-support or dedicated PD ships, which do have these turrets;
-No true flagship like the Iron Demons', the closest they get are the battlecruiser I posted here and a very heavy support ship, comparable to a mix of the Iron Demons' dreadnought and ultra-heavy fire-support ship (based off the flagship);
-Small craft focus on bombers to bring the pain to enemy ships rather than fighters to take down enemy small craft - their fighters are still potent, but there are fewer than in the Iron Demon fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:23 am
by Areze
Real nice vessels. Really cool, Strat. I know we brought it up on the other forums, but why not here?


Is it me, or do only 3 poeple really care about the little guy? Everything else is about the fucking wankship.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:36 am
by TrashMan
Indeed. He's only of the VERY few people who actually incorporates weakneses on his ships.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:49 am
by Areze
It's why it disappointed me that he got maybe before I originally posted 6-7 replies that aren't his?

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:52 am
by Zancloufer
One problem with the battlecruiser, most of it's firepower is foward facing, but the core can be blown up easily from that angle.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:09 pm
by Atrum
WHICH IS A REASON FOR YOU TO ENDURE THE FIREPOWER?

Duh..-_-//