deca.death wrote:
nap_rz wrote:
M6 that losing 200MJ shielding while still having agility and speed (not that I'm implying that split M6 are way faster than others, except that dragon prototype or something) + superior weapons (ISR, way superior than other races corvette weapons, in some ways it even defeat terran slightly bigger guns/FPD) is way better than :
Well "superior", in exactly what effect? For example range of ISR is 2.9km, while range of CIG is 4.5km. Almost a double isn't it? While he'll strip 4.2k shields per second. IPG will do 9.1k. More then double. Yes, his w.speed is brutal but you sacrifice something to get something, that's how it works. For trashing small targets, he's ultimate, but if you need to take down big prey, or take as many enemy M6es as possible in shortest period of time, you better bring H.Hydra. That's what I do.
why were you only counting shield damage? boron weaponry are bad at destroying, especially if you're using hull packs, you'd want something that can chew through hulls faster... and IPG 1/3 the speed of ISR and almost 1/2 hull damage / hit while being slower in rof
why, DPS mean nothing, it's when it's hit all that matters... and slower guns = less chance of hitting no matter who's the moving target... no other medium guns offer the balance ISR have...
losing 2-4GJ shield with not so agile ship and relatively weak weapons (what's the split heaviest weapon?

) compared even to boreas, or titan... I'm talking about krait and taipan here... (in taipan case, against atlas, and terran ships, in which the taipan lose 4-6GJ of shielding)
Taipan has perfectly good reasons to loose shield strength. It steers rather well for ship of that hit power and it's small. You can run slalom between K bullets, like this:
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And with pteronadon, you cannot. Nuff said. Taipan is ultimate war machine and for me best destroyer in this game. It can evade and it can deliver. I love my pteronadon too but he gets worse as enemies get close. As I like to repeat: Big target, slow target, dead target.
try doing that vs the most dangerous enemy in the game, I mean, khaak advanced destroyer and you'll find shielding is your best asset

for me these nasty khaaks are the worst possible enemies, the other one is that missiles spam from anyone with big missiles
again as you can see, again for me it's when it's more guaranteed hit that matters most, so an enemy that have bigger guarantee to hit you is the benchmark
