Ship upgrade philosophy

[Mímir]

High DPS weapons have slow refire or velocity and so on, there are drawbacks to all types of weaponry.

A pirate is likely to use either:

A) A transport with high DPS slow refire turrets, putting him at a disadvantage warding off fighters and bombers, but able to deliver high damage to an easy target like another transport. A pirate transport of any kind is also likely to be heavily armored.

B) A gunboat. Big and slow, but will crush you if you are within range. Get away from it as fast as you can, by dodging incoming fire and having enough armor to soak up those shots you can't avoid. Solaris seems to be the turret to use on gunboats, and coupled with the autoaim-effect you get from turret steer, it's really hard to avoid these high velocity / high refire weapons. Solaris' drawbacks are range and energy efficiency.

C) A bomber. A bomber has EMP guns that can deshield you fast, and coupled with an Antimatter cannon, it can deliver super high one-shot damage. Too high for you to simply tank, so the trick is to avoid fire altogether. Firing an antimatter cannon will deplete the power core on the bomber, so it will only get 1 maybe 2 shots fired at you before your shield is back up. Some ships are more agile and have better shape, making it easier not to get hit when flown properly. A bomber also cruises and thrusts faster than a transport, so it will have an advantage on that front.

The general idea is that you can't sit and tank, you need to dodge. That's why stats become less important to skill and things like shape and size. If you know how to dodge, more armor will still help you as you obviously can't dodge all incoming fire.

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