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General Discussion / Re: favourite capital ship
« on: September 16, 2013, 05:19:05 PM »Obviously you don't understand how the Onslaught works.
The vast majority of its firepower is focused to the front. Its turning speed is very poor. The Conquest can maneuver and STAY behind the Onslaught, gut its engines, and reduce it to scrap whilst taking minimal damage. Only the opening volleys from the Onslaught do any considerable damage.
Most of the time (in a 1v1 simulation anyway) by the time you manage to get behind the Onslaught with your Conquest you will be clinging to life. Though the Conquest is indeed more manuverable, it isn't so much of a difference that you can loop around outside of the Onslaught's range and then cut in behind it. No, you have to burn past it at point blank range and THEN use maneuvering thrusters and cut in behind it hard. That will work, but most of your weapons will be offline from the pounding you took in getting there. This assumes a 1v1 in a sim where the Onslaught isn't distracted by anything else of course. Real battles are totally different and the Conquest is great for the mobility it offers. As Gunnyfreak said, it's great for controlling the battlefield vs smaller ships. I voted Onslaught though; being able to tank hits on the armor with no need for shields is very satisfying. Not to mention the firepower.