First off, I made a mistake, the Omsk MkII will only get a max of 400 hp, not 540.
However, I have managed to assemble a full set of heavy armor with the mark II shield AND I have found enough longzhu's to give it +150, for a grand total of a nice round 1000 hp. I also managed to get some dyon dust for my armor, so I am going to try this defense setup for my end game and see how it fares against the Iocrym.
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I've been using medium Omsk and a Mk.II..and Dyon as well...the shield's at three-hundred-and-something HP currently......I'm going to see how far I can get with it as well. I don't think it's quite in the same legue as the franken-shield you've got set up there.Prophet wrote:First off, I made a mistake, the Omsk MkII will only get a max of 400 hp, not 540.
However, I have managed to assemble a full set of heavy armor with the mark II shield AND I have found enough longzhu's to give it +150, for a grand total of a nice round 1000 hp. I also managed to get some dyon dust for my armor, so I am going to try this defense setup for my end game and see how it fares against the Iocrym.
Although it's hardly "beginner"
Two questions I have to ask......1. Are polyceramic/tevlar armor any use at all? 2. Are ANY of the low level wierd armors worth it?
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If I'm really unlucky in Eridani, I like to install XMH armor, because it has bonuses with both laser and kinetic.
It's cheap, resistant but difficult to repair, if you have a tinker around in the first systems, it's definitely a good choice.
Tevlar is a good armor against Charon pirates if you are unlucky with your setup. the laser and particle bonuses are good even against the charon fortress if you have a good shield.
It's cheap, resistant but difficult to repair, if you have a tinker around in the first systems, it's definitely a good choice.
Tevlar is a good armor against Charon pirates if you are unlucky with your setup. the laser and particle bonuses are good even against the charon fortress if you have a good shield.
.......on the topic of armors, I'd love to see a bunch of Xenophobe Fighters attacking a freighter with particle-reflect, and killing each other. Unlikely to happen, but in theory, it's possible....
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Didn't someone say there was a way to choose the ships that show up on the attract mode screen (the opening screen, it's a term left over from the days before home game consoles)?Shrike wrote:.......on the topic of armors, I'd love to see a bunch of Xenophobe Fighters attacking a freighter with particle-reflect, and killing each other. Unlikely to happen, but in theory, it's possible....
[schilcote] It doesn't have to be good, it just has to not be "wow is that the only thing you could think of" bad
I know tht if you push the "N" key, it cycles, but only on the ship that you're seeing the POV of.....but i don't know a way to adjust exactly what ships turn up...and in what numbers. In theory though, yes, it's be possible to do that way.schilcote wrote:Didn't someone say there was a way to choose the ships that show up on the attract mode screen (the opening screen, it's a term left over from the days before home game consoles)?Shrike wrote:.......on the topic of armors, I'd love to see a bunch of Xenophobe Fighters attacking a freighter with particle-reflect, and killing each other. Unlikely to happen, but in theory, it's possible....
(I did ONCE manage to get two iocrym command ships attacking each other on the menu. They plasma'd their sheilds off..and then disintegrated each other!
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Well...Outlaws, Xenophobes and...uh...seems like everything else...is grouped together.Blitz wrote:I got that impression too..ranx gunship then ranx dreadnought, iocryms all together etc. but I haven't really tested it...digdug wrote:I think they cycle in UNID order now, or it's just my impression ?
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