Ramming ships - swarming & organics

[Taera]

taz - ramming ships' damage is calculated in hundreds. an organic ram LC (my latest experience) can deal over 600 damage. 20 or so resisted will not help you.

repulsors - yes, thats a good point, but rammers should be swarming - so ships would be overrun, i guess. dunno though, its a valid point.

FEAR THE ORGANIC RAMMING BATTLESHIP lol i once tried it out in SP...its a killer one.

[Fyron]

Throw a shield generator on those OA ramming ships, so you can avoid being easily boarded or being disabled by one shot from an ID.

[ May 08, 2003, 09:12: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Loser]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Throw a shield generator on those OA ramming ships, so you can avoid being easily boarded or being disabled by one shot from an ID.

Won't the shields be gone the first time the ship rams?

Are you treating the ship as having done it's job, 600 point of damage is a hell of a job, after the first ram, and so unconcerned with what happens to it afterwards?

A ramming ship needs speed, does it not? Will not the high-end engines and solar sail make the ship expensive enough that you can no longer afford enough of them to 'swarm'? Is that cost insignificant compared with the cost of the ships they are destroying?

[Karibu]

Drones are best ramming devices. They are expensive to build but they require no upkeep. Well, only as much as drone carrier requires.

[Suicide Junkie]

Shields only help the defender.
The ramming ship will not use its shields during the attack.

The main point is to let the ship reach its target without being easily disabled. If the ship manages to survive the first attack, the shields will continue to protect the ship as it heads for the next target.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Karibu:
Drones are best ramming devices. They are expensive to build but they require no upkeep. Well, only as much as drone carrier requires.

Except that they are one use only. Organic armored battleships can easily ram dozens of ships by themselves, and cost a huge amount less than an equal power of drones would cost (including maintenance of the ramming ship).

Another great part about the OA rammers is that if they enemy's strategies are set improperly, they can easily absorb a huge number of weapons being fired at them, thus protecting your more expsensive war ships.

[ May 08, 2003, 19:04: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[oleg]

But how could OA ramming ships be any good with latest patch ?
OA used to be much better before. If ramming destroys most of OA armor and there is no pre-generated points ...

[ May 08, 2003, 19:09: Message edited by: oleg ]