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[icepick37]

I meant hounds, haha. Sorry. I need to be more clear on here. And in life in general actually.  X[  I mostly always use flaks on the venture. And I've never had a gemini long enough to play with it.  :/  I should play with the venture more, though. It's a beast.

[Thaago]

I outfitted a Venture with dual heavy needlers and the medium mount harpoons - it actually makes an excellent light/tough cruiser with plenty of flux, armor, and stopping power. I turned them back into flaks because the ship was unacceptably vulnerable to missiles. Maybe if I put a heavy burst PD on the medium energy slot it would work though... a few wasp wings around to shoot stuff down... hmmmm. I'll have to go play with it.

[Sunfire]

I run the venture with a burst pd, two dual flaks, two salamanders, and two lrms. They don't die to missles and two of them put out a lot of missles.

[Nanostrike]

Ventures are slow as molasses, but they can take a pounding, are carrier-capable, and can pack some firepower.  Even those default-loadout Ventures can put a hurting on most Destroyers with that Mining Blaster...

iirc, all the freighters have omni shields

Buffalos lack shields, period, and are still technically a "Freighter".  However, they're about as threatening as a beached whale and go down to a single Reaper torpedo...

As a Strike Ship pilot, I'll say that amongst Freighters, the Tarsus' tend to last the longest because their shields can take a pounding and they have a sturdy Hull.  Buffalos are basically free kills, and the Gemini has really thin armor and only an average hull under it's shields.

[PsychoWolfen]

I meant hounds, haha. Sorry. I need to be more clear on here. And in life in general actually.  X[  I mostly always use flaks on the venture. And I've never had a gemini long enough to play with it.  :/  I should play with the venture more, though. It's a beast.

I've picked up quite a few Hounds from my adventures but i have a larger armada of ships so they got replaced rather quickly

[Temstar]

Buffalos lack shields, period, and are still technically a "Freighter".  However, they're about as threatening as a beached whale and go down to a single Reaper torpedo...

Buffalo does have shield, it's Buffalo Mk II that doesn't have shield.

Yes some genius took a look at a Buffalo and though to himself "You know what, I'm going to turn this tin can into a warship. And I'm going to make it battle-worthy by TAKING OFF its shield."

[Doom101]

Buffalos lack shields, period, and are still technically a "Freighter".  However, they're about as threatening as a beached whale and go down to a single Reaper torpedo...

Buffalo does have shield, it's Buffalo Mk II that doesn't have shield.

Yes some genius took a look at a Buffalo and though to himself "You know what, I'm going to turn this tin can into a warship. And I'm going to make it battle-worthy by TAKING OFF its shield."

@nanostrike HEY! I take offense to that! Beached whales are WAY more dangerous than a buffalo MK II  

@Temstar , YEP makes sense to me. if it had a shield it might actually be a fairly good warship for its size. especially if the shield was upgraded the same way the weapons systems were.

[PsychoWolfen]

Buffalos lack shields, period, and are still technically a "Freighter".  However, they're about as threatening as a beached whale and go down to a single Reaper torpedo...

Buffalo does have shield, it's Buffalo Mk II that doesn't have shield.

Yes some genius took a look at a Buffalo and though to himself "You know what, I'm going to turn this tin can into a warship. And I'm going to make it battle-worthy by TAKING OFF its shield."

@nanostrike HEY! I take offense to that! Beached whales are WAY more dangerous than a buffalo MK II  

@Temstar , YEP makes sense to me. if it had a shield it might actually be a fairly good warship for its size. especially if the shield was upgraded the same way the weapons systems were.

If the buffalo Mk II had a better OP score then yea it would offset the fact that it doesn't have a shield or even a better armor rating

[CaptanSpudsy]

Pretty much any low-tech ship. Why? They are slow, and usually don't have the range that mid-line or High-tech ships. Their only saving grace to me is the fact they can deal out some high DPS while tanking lots of damage. But, at the end of the day, I'd rather have Omen.

[powerbonger]

...they can deal out some high DPS while tanking lots of damage...

That is pretty much their role, yep. I'm guessing your play style sees little use for that role in a fleet (nothing wrong with that, of course!)