Cruiser Solaris

[Doom]

IMG do not have a cruiser...rather a battlecruiser...and it can't be flown like a GB...but, rather as mini battleship...thus its speed of 90 and good reverse.

BCs without thruster do have disadvantage of not being able to pursue cruisers and cruiser can bombard them with mortars from long distance...but that is very hard to do for several reasons...

1. BCs can also have mortars and they can fire them more often them any cruiser
2. BCs also have battleship turrets who have significantly longer range then cruiser primary turrets so they can use those to bombard cruisers from distance and that with out running out of power...
3. they are small enough to be able to dodge most of shots fired from max range

in 1vs1 BC is basically untouchable for any lesser class...and in numbers any class can kill any ship...


but that is all in perfect conditions...in game things may be very much different...

i have IMG BC and naturally i would like for it to be better, stronger or whatever...but we really need to consider whole picture...

oh...did i mention that cruisers are my favorite class of ships?

[Blackvertigo1]

16 shots a second and drains the entire plant in 25 shots? I'll pass.

Eh. Say what damage you want... 'I'll pass' is not a lot of constructive input.

Say increase damage to 900 - 1200, 1200 - 1500, or whatever you want to adjust to it.

I picture Solaris's like those fast firing, short burst weapons, as in mini guns. So you'd would not mount an all Solaris setup but four or three strategically setup Solaris Turret placements on your ship.

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[Camtheman Of Freelancer4Ever]

I really hate that cruise drain powerplant thing, Its not really going to affect anything since im going to EK anyways in my BS and still pwn a cruiser, but still, its rather annoying.

Taking away a BS's only tactic?

Now you've made it a floating lump.

ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE DEVS!

Anyways,

The range on Cruisers should be where battleships are now, and BS range should be 1250

[Tenacity]

What is most obvious to me when it comes to cruisers is that they have very few good pilots.

That's always your excuse, isnt it?

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[mjolnir]

I really hate that cruise drain powerplant thing, Its not really going to affect anything since im going to EK anyways in my BS and still pwn a cruiser, but still, its rather annoying.

Don't think you would:D

Taking away a BS's only tactic?

Now you've made it a floating lump.

It's not a tactic it's basically just an exploit. Cruisers were not made to last vs BS at close range, if you cruise on the start like that you are kind of ruining the concept. Not the mention the even more problematic issue of cruising to catch up a cruise that thrusts to 3k and then waste it with dual mortars, yes it's actually against the rules but very hard to prove.

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@Tenacity

Actually the skill gap is so big that when a good cruiser pilot comes around in 99% of cases they are accused of cheating, that kinda shows what general level of cruiser pilot skill people are used to see.

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