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G.Sapphire

Started by OpvsDei · 01/01/2011 · 11:57 PM · 30 replies · 1 read
O OpvsDeiOP
OP 01/01/2011 · 11:57 PM
Weapon 12,000
Energy Damage 2,000
Kinetic Damage 10,000
Missile Damage 0
Chemical Damage 0
Hull 20,000
Range 6
Scanner rating 1,000
Power rating 17,624

Unit(s) in fleet 1
Credits available 137,191,333,061
Cost per unit 291,752
Upkeep 16,300

1 turn produces 1.0
Turns available 21

Ship Specials
No defense
This ship can`t return fire if attacked.

No retaliation
Ships attacked by this ship cannot return fire.

Ship Attributes
Defense Modifier
Energy Shield - 30 %
Absorption Shield + 50 %
ECM + 40 %
Ionized Hull - 45 %

Hey...can someone please tell me what this ship is good for? Its the only ship i never use really, i don`t find it very useful or do not know how to use it maybe but having Arag Sword and Livid i don`t see why anyone should use it. It builds relatively slow, has a defense similar to other cap ships and is expensive on top of that.

Cheers
F Fuzzy
02/01/2011 · 05:00 AM
What DM said, and Absorption Shield + 50 % is very nice for a miner ship.
E elemental
02/01/2011 · 02:48 AM
i almost always include it in stacks 5-10, and it usually does pretty well there, since i usually have about 12 of them (this is at about 2 mil pr). a couple get destroyed, but the rest almost always destroy the other ships. i would only ever use this in a close pr stack, though.
D DrKsTGuArDiAn
02/01/2011 · 02:43 AM
Dm is right and it would appear its best option for use is only in a full stack and down low. The no defence handicap would prevent it from being a good spam ship as every ship will flank for free if it gets hit.
O OpvsDeiOP
02/01/2011 · 02:42 AM
@Drks - yes, it is def. not the reason someone would want to run on paid account for, lol

@Sib - do not get me wrong, every decent aminer empire can afford it with ease, but still, would you pay that money for that ship? that is why i meant its expensive...for what you get. I have no problem spending the upkeep i pay for vast amounts of lyth or lictor but in return, it does the job i want it to do. with the sapphire i am always very unsure if it will let me down or not :P

@Zapdos - sure, but it hardly survives though and tbh lyth does a better job as fodder dummy then the sapphire i believe :).

@elemental - which moments exactly are you talking about :O and please enlighten me/us on how it can be used. DM mentioned flanking...
E elemental
02/01/2011 · 02:22 AM
its a decent ship if you know how to use it. it does seem a bit underpowered, but it has its moments.
Z Zapdos
02/01/2011 · 01:55 AM
I am not an expert in this but, i used it as like a dummy fodder against lyth spammers at low pr, as a lead spam ship it usually takes out 1 colony.

Basically it seems more like a defensive piece to me =)
D DrunkenMasters
02/01/2011 · 01:27 AM
It is a good flanker. End of story :P
F FOUNDERS
02/01/2011 · 01:27 AM
yup i must say i agree, i am struggling to find a use for it. even tried using it at the bottom of a 10 stack and just does not seem to be of any use.
S Sibiriangun
02/01/2011 · 01:22 AM
looking at the shields I would say it was designed to da better against lyth/pyth than the other kinetik miner ships such as livid. And I still dont get miners complaining about expensive ships... SD posted some time ago how terran ships are on average more expensive than miner ships even though miners have a far superior income.

The weapon/hull/PR looks somehat like the nirv so maybe increase the buildrate a little wont hurt. But then again, compared to terrans miners already have more fast building ships.
D DrKsTGuArDiAn
02/01/2011 · 12:42 AM
I agree, and for being the paid ship for the race it falls short in my opinion. And to make matters worse its another under ranged ship that`s very weak to chemical attacks.
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