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The Whale Philosophy - Dane Summers - 05-02-2012
So, since guns now cut into cargo space, I notice a lot of my trade ships getting clipped
You would think that it would only be a small amount, but its enough of a chunk to disturb my minor ocd with symmetry and even numbers.
So, taking up someones advice ( I think it Vlad) in one of those long ago threads about Zoner QQ - I've decided to go Whale Philosophy on all my trade ships.
As in, no guns. CM's yes, armor maybe (I usually don't armor my transports) - but no guns.
Besides, a lot of ships look better without them anyway
The Whale Philosophy - Snak5 - 05-02-2012
Point of this thread?
The Whale Philosophy - Death.RunningVerminator - 05-02-2012
Can't argue with that logic. Heh:P
The Whale Philosophy - AeternusDoleo - 05-02-2012
*shrug* Powertraders will be powertraders I guess. Do as you feel. Me, I prefer a bit of armor and 12 guns on my transport... Giving the odd pirate a good roughing up before paying. More fun to do that then to just haul stuff lane after lane.
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The Whale Philosophy - farmerman - 05-02-2012
Getting the right looking number of cargo is definitely a bit more of a challenge now, but not so much. I have 4775 in my Ryuujin and I like it. My Akegata has like a 60 at the end though, which is less fun.
The Whale Philosophy - Dane Summers - 05-02-2012
AD, in this case, ships im taking this philosophy with are...
Two Freighters - Dane's personal ship (A Garanchou), and Danny's smuggler Anki
Power-trading with a freighter is like shaving your beard with a salmon
My GMG Kamome - gas hauler, and everytime I've fought in it, I've died horribly, so whats the point of guns.
And...other then my TAZ whale, thats like all the transports I have.
I don't trade often - so, I can say the motivation to try this approach to my ships isn't motivated by greed.
When you say "power-trader" it usually means "non-rp'ing 5k" - so I would like to NOT be considered that, if at all possible. :smile2:
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Discussion
The Whale Philosophy - DarthBindo - 05-02-2012
I prefer the Shire philosophy myself.
MOAR GUUNS.
The Whale Philosophy - Dane Summers - 05-02-2012
I still have a Molly Bactrian with as many guns as the little billy barge can hold. :crazy:
The Whale Philosophy - SparkyRailgun - 05-02-2012
sounds like a personal problem
The Whale Philosophy - Zukeenee - 05-02-2012
I've seen a few Storks and other 5Ks get around the issue of less-than-5k cargo space in an interesting way: No guns, no armor, and a class 6 freighter shield. They end up with a full 5,000 units of cargo space, and drastically reduced defenses against pirates.
I guess I can understand the idea of the tradeoff between a bit of defense and maximum profit, but it does make me a bit sad that there's virtually no such thing as a true 5K transport anymore. I know what you mean on the obsessive need for even numbers. Especially with the way bases call for, say, 50,000 of some material (or some other number divisible by 5,000), it's a bit annoying to know that instead of just 10 full trips, it'll be 10 full trips plus an 11th trip with only a few hundred units.