Posted by: NihilRex
« on: June 18, 2014, 10:59:16 PM »If you build dedicated Countermissile ships, they work real well against the mamas.
no matter mothership shield strenght you can still go with big salvosSome of us don't have the sort of missile stockpiles that you have, buster.
it is sad but is is remedy on everything in game
just big enough salvos
The problem with missiles is that the Swarm uses powerful shields, making this very expensive. . My favoured tool against them is a "Fisher's Follies" type cruiser. . . big guns, ludicrous speed, flimsy.
Depending on my tech level it my be just a big gun with engines and a ridiculously short service life.
If I can afford to make it a reasonably balanced ship, I like having something fast with big (spinal?) lasers and small railguns anyway:
Put all weapons that benefit from speed on the fastest reasonable hull, make some missiles packs if I need speed and standoff range, have the rest of my fleet be relatively slow and armed with missiles/turreted beams.
Missiles are. . . not ideal for taking out motherships, unless you can get seriously large or rapid firing salvos, you are likely to run dry before accomplishing much.Well then what is? Do i have to murder all of the soldiers and then wait until all my regular destroyers and cruisers? can get out and launch every single missile in my arsenal at the target?
Size 4 Anti-ship Missile "Flyswat"
I've got a design for an anti-bug frigate. I intend to have it weigh in at under 6000 tonnes. I'm eschewing Armour and shields for tough magazines, speed and sensors. I don't know the answers to those questions, but I do know what weapons they use. . . spoilered just in case you don't know and you'd like to find out by yourself.
They use mesons. Mesons go through armor and shields and directly cause internal damage.
However, I think it might be the most fun if you figure out for yourself what the space bugs are gonna do.