Assault the Mothership 2 - Team Alpha

antisocialmunky · Post by **antisocialmunky** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:25 am

Doesn't mean I have to use it :-p

I just reran our fleet against the motherships and for the first time in my tests, we are winning regularly.

Lancets, same speed, and the new ships really make a difference.

My Cuddlefish actually has become a decent support ship since it'll fly around the rest of the fleet and repair them a little bit.

Turtle and Jormungand still get trashed alot though.

Tsakara · Post by **Tsakara** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:15 am

how does mine do? I'm thinking of swapping out the current design with a beamer tank.

antisocialmunky · Post by **antisocialmunky** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:43 am

It works pretty well. Since our close in ships live fairly well now, you really don't need that nano repair anymore. It would be nice to keep a second Area Fire type of ship. Maybe gatblaster spam instead or keep using Pulsars.

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:08 am

Behold my shitty design!
I've checked - there's more than 10 degrees between each of the aegis gaps, and each ageis section covers just slightly less than 90 degrees when measured from the core XD

Has 18 Missile launchers, since they are cheap. As well as two lancets, since they're win. Should be able to distract PD...if anything... Though I think I should really invest in some PD myself.

Maybe I should remove 12 sections and a pair of aegis, and remvampthe armament, and give it some PD and speed...donno..

I have another design which I won't reveal yet...

antisocialmunky · Post by **antisocialmunky** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:27 pm

That's a little overkill isn't it?

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:36 pm

How so?

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:01 pm

Droid wrote:I've checked - there's more than 10 degrees between each of the aegis gaps, and each ageis section covers just slightly less than 90 degrees when measured from the core XD

Can we get a download link to check it out?

Droid · Post by **Droid** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:23 pm

I would, but the ship database isn't working

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:45 pm

Droid wrote:I would, but the ship database isn't working

Yep, a lot of us have been using MediaFire - works well and you don't need an account.

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:57 am

antisocialmunky wrote:I just reran our fleet against the motherships and for the first time in my tests, we are winning regularly.

Lancets, same speed, and the new ships really make a difference.

Yeah, I have noticed the same change in fortunes - starting to work out nicely!

What ships are you running your tests with since we don't have all 8 ships yet?

Here are the latest of mine that I have been refining, let me know which one you think may help the team out best.

Citrus Peeler (had this variant before, but had range too far out - tucked in the outside edges behind the front shield).

download Citrus Peeler

Zitrusfrucht (funny how we started with no Aegis shielded ships and now we have plenty)

download Zitrusfrucht

antisocialmunky · Post by **antisocialmunky** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:05 am

That's not bad. I like the Frigate more than the Aegis beamer. Beamers are powerful but have their limits.

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:10 pm

antisocialmunky wrote:You can't have Aegis on a Aegised section. Those rules were elaborated on. Also, you should move those struts, they look easy to blow off.

No they aren't, the Mothership never had a chance at all.

I'll be changing the Aegis Deflector placement soon...can't do it now as I'm bogged down with work. But I'll give you the modified ship by Monday.

antisocialmunky · Post by **antisocialmunky** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:09 pm

Well, after testing it, I'd have to agree since that thing doesn't take much fire.

I'm also impressed by Marble Of Doom. That Aegis shield does block tacs really well.

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:25 pm

antisocialmunky wrote:Well, after testing it, I'd have to agree since that thing doesn't take much fire.

I'm also impressed by Marble Of Doom. That Aegis shield does block tacs really well.

Well...thanks a lot, then.

Oh, and the Marble of Doom might be susceptible to those megabeamers though...they can actually reach through thin deflected sections, BTW.

I'll post my modified ship up here...

Aphelion Mk V

EDIT: Breakdown of points for the Aphelion Mk V:

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Aphelion Mk V

Statistics
Core HP+ - 0
Max Speed - 20
Acceleration - 1
Turning - 9
Sections - 6
Section HP+ - 0

Weapons and Modules
2x Aegis Deflectors - 16
4x Point Beams - 8
2x Particle Guns - 4
6x Pulsars - 24
2x Lancets - 12

Commodore111 · Post by **Commodore111** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:37 am

I tested mine, and 8 of them in a semi circle can beat the test mothership without one of them getting noticably damaged.