Custom Fleet

Sketchy · Post by **Sketchy** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:12 pm

Here's my custom fleet of fighters...
DOWNLOAD: http://cid-b1e7ee094271bbda.skydrive.li ... 0Fleet.zip

The Broadsword costs 442 credits, and is pretty much invulnerable. I just topped 250 missions and 750 kills flying it.

C&C appreciated - which is your favourite?

Predator Series (Lurker, Stalker, Prowler, Predator): highly agile stealth fighters.

Sword Series (Cutlass, Scimitar, Sabre, Broadsword): very heavily armed fighters (may be considered cheating).

Polaris I: my oldest and favourite design - very high thrust, durability, and stealth (but criticised by some for its lack of agility).

Polaris II: wingman version with more scanners and different missiles.

Shooting Star: based on the Polaris, but with much improved agility and new styling.

Warthog: another old design, extremely durable.

Rover: scout ship to be used by your wingmen - will never be destroyed, run out of ammo, or steal your kills.

Hunter: based on the Rover, but suitable for attack missions rather than scouting.

Hustler: expensive multi-role ship, with extremely high speed and firepower.

Lightning: much cheaper version of the Hustler.

Brawler: a good all-rounder that doesn't excel in any one area.

Bardash Blackridge · Post by **Bardash Blackridge** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:31 pm

These designs are absolutely beautiful!

I think my favorite design is the Broadsword.

I can tell you definitely have a different flying style than I as many of the ships have a higher thrust than turning rate. I found that this ability is quite useful for dodging oriks.

Legacy · Post by **Legacy** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:41 pm

Those are some pretty ships!

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:58 pm

I start to be good whit the sabre. I love to shoot six missile in a round

Fanatic Nobb · Post by **Fanatic Nobb** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:04 pm

Your fleet looks great. (bette then my effort at a custom fleet!)...

One question though... At 442 credits, do yo get to you the Broadsword often? (at least when yo were starting off)... I made a handfull of ships, the most expensive costing 171 credits, but it does not appear in the selection window very often?

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:37 am

After 30 mission, I have buy a 180 credit ship, but a 420 credit, I don't think that it is possible.

Fusion_power · Post by **Fusion_power** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:30 am

The average is about a gain of 5 credits per mission so if you start with 350 and play 30 missions, you would have a bit over 600 credits which would allow you to buy ships that cost up to 200 credits. Note that you would get 3 promotions along the way and should be very close to an admiral at the 30th mission.

DarJones

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:02 pm

If it a gain of 5, it will be 500 credit after 30 mission. But you need to be very good to make a 100% mission sucessful.

Fusion_power · Post by **Fusion_power** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:07 am

You missed the bonus for promotions. as noted, 3 promotions. That puts you a bit over 600.

Fusion

Sketchy · Post by **Sketchy** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:15 pm

Fanatic Nobb wrote:do yo get to you the Broadsword often? (at least when yo were starting off)... I made a handfull of ships, the most expensive costing 171 credits, but it does not appear in the selection window very often?

The most expensive ships you can afford at the start of a game cost 116 credits (1/3 of 350 credits, which is what you start the game with).

Generally speaking, I only die on fairly early missions (around mission 10-20, I think). Once you can afford custom ships costing 150+, you become pretty much invulnerable and the game actually starts to get a bit tedious if anything.
My best game was 1083 kills from 285 missions, and I only died after getting bored and switching to a really cheap ship (the usual reason I die on later missions).

I've now started going for the highest GoldCross% I can get, which I find a lot more entertaining than just trying to live forever. It basically means having to fly really cheap, attack-oriented ships with few wingmen (rather than the best ships I can afford).

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:27 pm

You where better than me, I never go upper then 127mission, but I have a great kill ratio. (517 Kill during these 127 mission)

Sketchy · Post by **Sketchy** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:38 am

Because I was flying really expensive ships for most of those missions, I hardly got any gold crosses though (maybe 15, I think) so you'd almost certainly go higher on the roll of honour.
You'd probably have to kill about 5 warriors to get a gold cross in a ship costing 450 credits

I never fly ships costing more than about 125 credits any more - just makes it a bit more fun.

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:55 pm

whit 116 credit ship, 3 kill and i've got a gold cross

Sketchy · Post by **Sketchy** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:17 pm

Yes, much easier that way

I'm flying my Warthog design again (116pts) - currently 9 Gold Crosses from 16 missions (56%)

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:37 pm

I preder polaris to warthog. Recently I have made an fourth version.