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[Vigal]

The Mk II (LP one) looks like it might be good fun with the hammer barrage coupled with all those weapon mounts, I've yet to fight one though.

The Mk III (Pirate one) looks like a pretty solid carrier with great defences but again I've not see it in action yet.

I like the idea of converted ships its a shame the Buffalo Mk II and Mudskipper Mk II tend to get their asses handed to them are these to any different?

[Sutopia]

If I didn't get it wrong all the surrouding turrets are small ballistic meaning they're mostly used as PD. Plus, the pirate one only got one fighter bay.

[Vigal]

If I didn't get it wrong all the surrouding turrets are small ballistic meaning they're mostly used as PD. Plus, the pirate one only got one fighter bay.

I've been looking at it as a cheaper to run and better defended version for the gemini, it also has 50 more cargo space. It looks like it could fit a good niche
but I want to see whether people have actually put it to the test.

[Death_Silence_66]

When they work they are pretty good, but after ~1 min of combat most of the weapons will be down from critical malfunctions.

[Volken]

Yeah i really think that weapon malfunctions happen too soon and too often. I think Alex should tone them down by about 25%

[Snrasha]

Yeah i really think that weapon malfunctions happen too soon and too often. I think Alex should tone them down by about 25%

This is not a problem for enemy fleet, ah ah!

Yes, LP ship have a very low life duration after 1 minute on game and my Colossus MK II  is dead of that.
But I think, this is usable only per the enemy IA who is do not inflict per the CR.

[Achataeon]

You *could* restore them in a market to remove the Ill-Advised Modifications hullmod, which causes the malfunctions. Gotta pay up with cash though.

[Megas]

When they work they are pretty good, but after ~1 min of combat most of the weapons will be down from critical malfunctions.

That has been a problem with Lasher (LP) before 0.8.  Malfunctions broke weapons before Lasher could get the first kill.  That make it useless.

As for colossus MK II, it is weak for its size due to poor flux stats and not worth the money.

[Drokkath]

Thanks to this thread I found out that Colossus has a Luddic Path (Mk.II) and a Pirate (Mk.III) alternated types. So I made a custom variant only and spawned in one default Mk3 in with all positive hullmods including a few you can't outfit in a shipyard with. Found it slow still but found it awesome when I threw some of my super weaponry on its fore. Which means its not entirely my cup of tea as I can't catch up with fleeing ships, not unless I make a crazy version of it for my own use only in which case it would wander across the sector at burn level 20 mowing down fleets from all sides.

[nathanebht]

I fought 3 Mk II and one Mk III scattered over 3 battles. Their storage is cut down from 600 to 300. They are slow and useless bullet sponges. Didn't even provide good loot. Must not have had cargo.

What the Colossus could be turned into would be a Q ship with lots of concealed missile weapons. A mass missile barrage might actually be effective.

[Drokkath]

Without modding the heck out of a Colossus it's pretty much a flying slug-slow brick and an easy prey for my overhullmodded and overpowered ships.
Despite that I find the idea of flying that brick appealing enough to eventually and probably customize an alternate new copy of both its sprite and its configs at some point.

[Sabaton]

Imo the MK II and MK III should get 2 fighter bays and 2 hammer barrages. That would make them a tad less sucky.

[Drokkath]

Something like that indeed. I'm no balance expert so I don't really know, but sounds about right.

[Death_Silence_66]

Imo the MK II and MK III should get 2 fighter bays and 2 hammer barrages. That would make them a tad less sucky.

2 Hammer barrages might let you alpha strike destroyers to death, and with combat skills might also delete cruisers. No complaint about the fighters though.

[c plus one]

I, too, would like to see two carrier bays instead of just one. Thank you in advance, devs, for hopefully considering this change.