Thread: R31 shipstats
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Unread 26 Apr 2009, 09:23   #495
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Re: R31 shipstats

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Originally Posted by Gate View Post
LordN: EMP tends to suck if caths don't have a way to at least kill something. As a rule of thumb, being able to kill 2 classes pretty well is a good thing, so they 'only' have to deal with EMPing 4.

Caths who build DE will be really tough to hit with CR/BS and those who build FI will be really tough to hit with FI/CO. That's intentional.


However, your idea of a cath who's able to have an awesome stun/kill anti CR/BS fleet and a great FI fleet isn't going to be that common. The planet will have to split their resources across 5 ships (Beetle, recluse, locust, black widow, scorpion) which is pretty thin by anyone's standards. Especially when your only anti DE is the recluse so you need a load of that, and the beetle is really important so you need a load of that and you're still vulnerable to FR/DE because you only stun it.


EDIT: on ship prices. I expected the usual thing to be done, where the resource ratios are automatically done by the game. Apparently they haven't been (although I can't see it hurting if appoco was to press the button now). That said, the 3 resources are archaic and should be done away with anyway, so I don't really care :/
I'm talking about practical not theory, No1 cares about how much value you got in your anti-cr/bs fleet as a cathaar so long as it's something above your alliance limit(if u got required value thingy). If your alliance/BG is smart they got loads of cathaars.. you just add those up and you get your defence numbers everytime, and now that they even kill.. it's going to be easier to cover incomings. It's all about availability, as emp mostly will go for strong fi/co, and their def fleets for ally use will be those de's. You could also go for full de fleet.. and then you could def with partion of your DE's while keeping rest of de's attacking.

About DE/FI ship types.. their all inside the same class.. they flak eachother, you don't need much killpower just some.. in short rounds, you don't risk landings where you loose too much value as you can't gain it back.

the fact is most will play fi/co offencive.. that means something like 70% of your fleet value in fi/co fleet.. insane attack power, doesn't matter what shiptypes inside fi class is going to be in that swarm, you can't really get it wrong unless it's complete newb doing it. Thou I would prolly play that de, depends completely.. with whom I would team up.

Practicality always beats theory hands down.

Thou would kill to see a cathaar de attacking with xan fr with xan anti-fr/de fi's one tick later to escort it in.. that would be funny to see.
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