Assault the Mothership 2: Team BETA discussion

Anarki · Post by **Anarki** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:13 pm

Alright, I've got the idea out for my ship.

Basically, it's an armored sphere, with lots of gatling pulses. The idea is to use a dieterling device to blink on top on the enemy ship, deflectors activate, and then watch the pulses tear the ship apart.

I was thinking maybe to replace the pulses with goslings... still thinking about it.

M123 · Post by **M123** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:24 pm

Heh.

GatBlasters cost the same as Beamers, so I don't need to change anything. The HBP (Heavy Blaster Platform) Pummeler can beat the Vindicator with only minor damage. (Although this may have something to do with deflector AI

)

I would have posted a download but the database appears to be broken again. (Another hacker? :evil: )

Kalanosis · Post by **Kalanosis** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:38 pm

I've decided to go with a cruiser, but I haven't had time to get the basic chassis design yet.

Natch · Post by **Natch** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:12 pm

Natch wrote:Oi, might as well say it.

Anyone willing to move to team delta so I can be on team beta?

*Cough*

Captain Trek · Post by **Captain Trek** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:56 pm

Well, here's a preliminary design... it's basically a flak tank. I was a biy overenthusiastic with the dodads, so I called it the Mosaic...

Stats:

Sections and engines:

1.5 speed: 10 points

0.10 accel: 5 points

0.7 turn: 10 points

13 sections: 13 points

7 points of HP increases

40 points on sections and engines

Weapons and modules:

2 ageis deflectors: 16 points

22 flak guns: 44 points

60 points on weapons and modules

100 points total

Anarki · Post by **Anarki** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:04 pm

Flak whore should have some point beams for the rails.

Captain Trek · Post by **Captain Trek** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:26 pm

Oh, right, I hadn't thought of that... what ratio of beams to flaks should I use? 1:3? 1:2? 1:1? 2:1? What?

M123 · Post by **M123** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:46 pm

I would probably go for 10 point beams, 6 particle guns and 6 flaks.

DarkenShroud · Post by **DarkenShroud** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:28 pm

Any more suggestions?

[Edit:] I think it needs more deflectors

DarkenShroud wrote:
Ship cores must be default. Generally, around only 25% of a section may be covered, and 50% of a module. Basically, if you think there's a problem, there probably is.
Doesn't seem like anyones using this rule to its fullest effect. My ship ideas overlap there modules 50 percent. Many advantages to doing this, especially with lancets.

The only thing I can think of is to overlap your lancets abit, so they fire together to reap more damage. Having the two seperated makes them far less effective. The closer they are to each other, the better they take out stuff in general.

I really don't like the idea of having a all defense ship on the team, though it looks nicely built. Maybe kill half of the defense, for good cheap offense. But its upto the rest of our team to decide if having a all defense ship is a good idea. I vote no however, we need all the offense we can get.

Natch · Post by **Natch** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:11 pm

Natch wrote:
Natch wrote:Oi, might as well say it.

Anyone willing to move to team delta so I can be on team beta?
*Cough*

>_>

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:13 pm

Natch wrote:
Natch wrote:
Natch wrote:Oi, might as well say it.

Anyone willing to move to team delta so I can be on team beta?
*Cough*
>_>

Just stick on Delta, Natch. :x

Natch · Post by **Natch** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:21 pm

But Captain Trek is fun to team with!

Oh well.

ChaosTheory · Post by **ChaosTheory** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:05 pm

Hey, I want Natch on our team . . .

@DarkenShroud: I'll take that into consideration . . . and you really should at least show somebody on our team your ship before you submit it . . . can you PM it to someone who is on oyur team here and in the other tourney?

@CaptainTrek: Take osme flak off, put some weapons on, (tachyon drivers?) and use a 3:3:5 PB/PG/Flak ratio. Looks goo otherwise. does it comply with the Aegis rules about not covering an entire side?

EndlessInfinity · Post by **EndlessInfinity** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:12 pm

ChaosTheory wrote:@CaptainTrek: Take osme flak off, put some weapons on, (tachyon drivers?) and use a 3:3:5 PB/PG/Flak ratio. Looks goo otherwise. does it comply with the Aegis rules about not covering an entire side?

Yup! I'm kinda surprised more people haven't been using aegis, compared to last tourney when better than every second ship had it...

ChaosTheory · Post by **ChaosTheory** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:08 am

Update. Now we go for Aegis:

Oh, wait . . . I need to expand the back to use aegis. Forgot about that . . . so this isn't *quite* up-to-date.

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Fallen Light
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Ship Stats:
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Type: Battleship
AI Range: 350
Purpose: close-range battleship

Core HP: 500
-0
Max Speed: 0.9
-9
Accel: 0.2
-2
Turing: 0.96
-12
Sections: 22
-11
Sec HP add: 1000
-4

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Total: 38

PD/Weaps/Mods
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Flak: 4
-8
Particle Guns: 4
-8
Point Beams: 2
-4
Mining Beams: 6
-6
Tachyons: 4
-8
Aegis Deflectors: 2
-16
Lancets: 2
-12

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Total: 62

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Ship Total: 100