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General Discussion / Re: 0.7 feedback
« on: December 05, 2015, 09:26:26 AM »
I've tried using a single Mule. On paper it sounds like great idea. It has reasonably good maintence to cargo capacity with near combat ship defence. In practice it is a burn 9 fleet which can't fight effectively as they are too slow and unmanoeuvrable even with maneuvering jets and with too few weapons to put up a good fight even against a Luddic Cerberus. It's simply more effective to have a Buffalo/Tarsus + combat ship though your fuel consumption would be relatively higher per cargo space as well as the problem with having a civilian hull broadcasting your location. A Gemini start also would make for a real freighter/combat combo, though it'll probably be too easy. i don't really see any justification for a destroyer start under standard difficulty.
The Cerberus is the equivalent to a mini Mule anyways. A freighter combat hybrid which doesn't have a civilian hull.
The problem with a Shepard start is that it has a civilian hull, though it would be an interesting "honest" trader start seeing as unlike the Cerberus, it isn't a better smuggler starting ship than the Hound actually is!
The Hound is a bit wierd as a smuggler ship nowadays since it has the same burn speed as everything else, but on the other hand I suppose it can easily outrun the Luddic Path Cerberus.
The Cerberus is the equivalent to a mini Mule anyways. A freighter combat hybrid which doesn't have a civilian hull.
The problem with a Shepard start is that it has a civilian hull, though it would be an interesting "honest" trader start seeing as unlike the Cerberus, it isn't a better smuggler starting ship than the Hound actually is!
The Hound is a bit wierd as a smuggler ship nowadays since it has the same burn speed as everything else, but on the other hand I suppose it can easily outrun the Luddic Path Cerberus.