[Woomeister]

We'll see once Darkage gets back  

[Itsara]

I agree with Alikchi, LReds and SReds got a little old.  Hopefully it is something new.

[IceFire]

I have to agree with Shrike up there, Cruisers definately have their place.  But thats okay, there's plenty of room to make that statement elsewhere.

A new Shivan cruiser is definately not a bad thing  

Not mod wise anyways, its bad for everyone else  

[Alikchi]

Depends on the cruiser, what if a rakshasha was loaded with foodstuffs and it exploded near a starving colony and spam flew all over the place? Shivan spam that is.

[Setekh]

Whoa, the Raguel looks friggin' sweet.  

I think that we're getting to the point where our models 0wn  's.  

[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
Whoa, the Raguel looks friggin' sweet.  

But is it better than the Alcyone?  

[Setekh]

Oooh... well, in the light of that new sw33t beam, I think your beloved cruiser has the edge for now.  

[Woomeister]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
Oooh... well, in the light of that new sw33t beam, I think your beloved cruiser has the edge for now.  

You never know.  

Anyway a better view.
 

[Setekh]

Holy..!  

Sorry, Shrike.  

[Mad Bomber]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
Cruisers aren't supposed to go up against heavy capships.

Erm... Lilith? Rakshasa?

They're supposed to blow the snot out of fighters and act as heavy escorts for bigger capships. What's cheaper - 3 Aeolus cruisers or one Deimos?[/b]

A Deimos, but only because the Aeolus class of cruisers is so rare after Capella that maybe only 4 exist anyway, and thus would be very hard to get one's hands on. That's why I came up with the GTC Peleus in the first place.

I think the idea of an anticap cruiser (an example being the Lilith or the GVC Tuket featured in the 2nd and 3rd campaigns of the Eden Project) that could provide heavy firepower against both fighters AND caps, is a good one, since making a cruiser with heavy beam weapons is much, much cheaper than making a ship about 7x as massive (corvettes are about 3x as long, 1.5x height, 1.5x width). It would also be more mobile, and easier to replace if lost in battle.

[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
Holy..!  

Sorry, Shrike.  

Bah.  Doesn't matter what you think anyhow, cause j00 suck anyhow, traitor the Alcyone's gonna be in three different campaigns.  

[Nico]

guys, guys...

want a good kroozer?

[shameless pimp] [/shameless pimp]

"buy the Aegis, the only one"  

[Woomeister]

Hey Pimp on you own board

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Woomeister:
Hey Pimp on you own board

that would not be pimping anymore  

[Woomeister]

 

[Itsara]

Ok then  

[Woomeister]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
the Alcyone's gonna be in three different campaigns.  

The Raquel is being used here and by OTT, and I've only had it a day  

[Itsara]

Very cool.

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
Bah.  Doesn't matter what you think anyhow, cause j00 suck anyhow, traitor the Alcyone's gonna be in three different campaigns.  

 

[Mad Bomber]

Update: More support for my argument that anticap cruisers are l33t:  

I've tested the GVC Tuket against several different types of Shivan warships. It can destroy just about anything up to (and including) a Moloch, with the exception of a Lilith, although a Tuket-Lilith match mainly depends on whether the Tuket kills the Lilith's beam turret or not.

Just goes to show that fast, mobile anticap cruisers which can be pumped out very quickly and (comparatively) cheaply are quite nifty.