advanced mother ship

[tec_server]

advanced mother ship (class 4 ship)

an advanced version of the mother ship with shielding capablilities but it is slower


attack/life: 0/500
manpower: 440

researchtime: 3 d
buildingtime: 13 h


nanite-technology
needed research:
final exploration

battle details:fights
(battle engine syntax: f)
tries to generate a shield around 5 ships in your fleet in the same class it is fighting
(battle engine syntax: shield,5)

[soulmaster]

oh dear i forgot to put that it's warp factor is 3
well now you know, its warp factor is 3

[al12]

I don't think there is a need for a nother mothership. There is the normal mothership with warp 5, the core driver which is cheaper and slower, and then the lowrider and fleet tender which are faster but can't be used in battle and then the time slipper.
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[zenachi]

it's a nice idea, but shielding is really strong, so I doubt having this would be balanced. it'd be pretty much an invincible mothership, albeit a slower one. you'd never have to worry about losing your C4, meaning C1 only or C2 only spams would work quite well.

[SpaceGamer]

This ship would make a swank invincible so I vote no.

[T2]

set one up and let me try about 3 regular fighters and a couple bounty hunters and see how long it lasts
I don't discount it as a potential ship but more discussion needed.

[SpaceGamer]

[zenachi]

[Failtrip1]

[Sparks]

I think your all missing something.

Syntax reads:

"battle details:fights
(battle engine syntax: f)
tries to generate a shield around 5 ships in your fleet in the same class it is fighting
(battle engine syntax: shield,5)"

That means if c4 attacks either c1,c2,c3 it will try to create 5 shields around your own c1/c2/c3 (which have already fought). It will only create a shield round c4 ships when it is attacking c4 of enemy fleet.

So any c1,2,3 powerfull enough (eg 50 destroyers) will take down this ship no probs.

The only good thing is it protects c4 of a swank ie your major reconstructor against time slippers.

(ofcourse he could have got the battle engine syntax wrong... )
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Darkfire

[soulmaster]

[zenachi]

in theory the "shield" should protect only other ships, but in reality it does protect itself as well.
try it with a shield gen and a bunch of fighters.

[Sparks]

[zenachi]

I'm not sure exactly what point you're trying to make, but while it doesn't seem overpowered in that scenario, that's because that's a fleet setup that doesn't take advantage of the advanced mothership's strength, which is it's invincibility.
Using it just to protect their major reconstructor isn't really as good as it's other possible uses as an indestructible mothership. I already mentioned the spam possibilities with this.
For 220 mp more, you'll never have to worry about losing your mothership and getting your fleets stranded...

And a doomstar doesn't kill C4

[Failtrip1]

[Sparks]

What soulmaster wanted was a mothership that protects ships in other classes. What he got was an almost indestructible mothership.

... which is good...but for me most of the time I can protect my motherships and can think of better uses of that extra 120mp.
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Darkfire

[al12]

Having a ship in the class 4 to protect lower class ships is useluss as you need to protect them when they are fighting, not when the battle is already over, which will happen if they ship protecting them is class 4. It seems to me then you can better use reconstructors as you won't be able to protect them from a higher class, but can 'revive' them from a higher class.
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[Jack09]

Allready enough motherships, but it would be good to have one that did something special that went fast that didnt blow up in the middle of a battle
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