Posted by: Brian Neumann
« on: February 24, 2012, 07:18:41 AM »I use ciws systems on only a couple of types of ships. The biggest use is for civilian ships that are going into hostile systems. By this I meen ships that I build that have the "commercial" no maintenance required stamp. I use these as resuply/refuel, ect type ships. I want to have some limited point defense on them so they are not helpless. By putting 2-3 ciws on a tanker and giving it a armor value of 5+ it makes the ship far harder to kill. This really makes a difference when the original target of a missile salvo is destroyed and the missiles have their own sensors. They tend to go for the biggest target in sight which is almost always going to be a civilian ship.
The second type of ship that I mount the ciws on are really high value military ships that don't already have any beam point defense. This would include carriers, battleship missile boats, and my big sensor equipped scouts. All three tend to be major targets, especially the sensor ship as it will have really huge active sensors (res 100 size 30-50). All of these ships are usually operating without more than 1 other of the same size in a fleet so they are almost always the primary targets. By using the ciws systems I give them more point defense without loading them down with a heavy energy battery.
Brian
The second type of ship that I mount the ciws on are really high value military ships that don't already have any beam point defense. This would include carriers, battleship missile boats, and my big sensor equipped scouts. All three tend to be major targets, especially the sensor ship as it will have really huge active sensors (res 100 size 30-50). All of these ships are usually operating without more than 1 other of the same size in a fleet so they are almost always the primary targets. By using the ciws systems I give them more point defense without loading them down with a heavy energy battery.
Brian