Hi all,
What I am looking to do is disucss why certain types of ships are better at 'killing' other types of ships. This discussion is not based on the mechanic as it exist in-game.
Let me start by stating the different classes, smallest to largest:
Fighter, Bomber, Frigate, Cruiser, Capital Ship.
Fighter good against Bomber - Fighter speed enables it to quicklly catch up to a bomber and the fighters relativly small weapon output is good enough to decommision a bomber.
Bomber good against Cap Ship. Big slow guns of a Cap Ship have a hard time hitting smaller targets, espically if the bomber lets its payload go at a far distance at the slow moving Cap Ship.
Cap Ship good against Cruiser. Cruiser is the second biggest ship, what better ship to obliterate with the caps big guns?
Cruiser good against Frigate. Nearly same reason as above, frigate will have less mass and armor then a cruiser and in a slug fest, the frigate will go down first.
Frigate good against Fighter. Small fast moving turrents on a quick moving hull make this the ideal anti fighter platform.
---
Of course there is exceptions to this. For example a Frigate with no anti fighter weaponry and larger guns will give it a better chance against a cruiser.
Your thoughts?
