Favorite Special Ships

[Pandemic]

So, what's your favorite special ship, and why?

I like the Sniper  unit, because they can hit everything and then some (shooting through shields ftw!).


-Pandemic

[Revenantus]

The Munitions Booster.

They're highly versatile, being useful in a number of offensive and defensive situations, and synergize effectively with almost all other combat units.

[Admiral]

I love the parasite. It can help you get most of the other ships you would want.

[darke]

Parasites: More for their use in minimising defensive attrition, so your heavily attacked wormholes you have to replace ships less, then actually getting ships in other instances. Their ability to convert turrets is remarkably annoying at times, since you have to keep deleting the damned things since they're usually not in any useful place.

Tachyon Fighters are really good as well. Though it's much more for their de-cloaking ability then their actual damage output. Given all the other options are either slow, starships, or immobile, having something in your pack of ships that actually means you can avoid loosing a large chunk of your forces to mines, especially with the mine-obsessed AI, is rather convenient.

[PhilRoi]

space tank.  Build em once and they are easy to keep alive.  That frees up resources to do other things.    is it fancy?  no.   But often i find my space tanks and Frigates are the ships that do the most work.  everything else keeps getting blown up!

[Varek Raith]

space tank.  Build em once and they are easy to keep alive.  That frees up resources to do other things.    is it fancy?  no.   But often i find my space tanks and Frigates are the ships that do the most work.  everything else keeps getting blown up!

This is my current choice as well.  It may be slow, but it packs one hell of a punch.  Besides, who wouldn't want something called a Space Tank? 

[CautiousChaos]

I love the electric shuttles, mainly because the make a lot of noise and have a cool animation (lightning).  Sadly they are really only great against cruisers - would be great to see them a bit more capable.
-cc

[glyptar]

Infiltrator by a long shot. You can build humongous numbers of them for a dime and a nickle, they fly/shoot straight through shields and do huge damage to turrets and forcefield generators. No need for bombers anymore, and the infiltrator cloud is so big it just never dies.

[T-Bone Biggins]

Micro-Fighters because I can build so many, but they take second place to space tank. It's a space tank!

[laxrulz777]

Revival of an old thread:

I really enjoy the Teleport Raiders... Giant blobs of teleporters are fantastic for taking out isolated bombers, munitions boosters, anti-starship drones and other isolated ships... They can also quickly respond to enemy raids meaning that I can skimp on defenses to some degree (important because I tend to play realistic-complex).

I also like the Eye Bot. They're really, really good against turrets (which is the one thing that teleport raiders really suck against... It takes about a day and a half to kill a tractor beam).

Least favorite?: Teleport Station. Really only good against a blob that's already been engaged and only when you get huge stacks of them... Compared to the teleport raider I just find them to be inferior (maybe I'm using them wrong?)

[Haagenti II]

My favorite ships usually get nerfed (Parasite, Raider, EtherJet), so I'm casting a jinx here:
- the new Bombs for clearing warpholes
- Laser Gatlings and Deflector Drones because they fight so well

[RCIX]

Noooooooooooooo, nobody even think about touching my laser gatlings! it's one of the few ship types i like!

[Haagenti]

You can rest easy for a while, my current game has Drones and Bombs (but no Gatlings).

[Kjara]

My current short list is:
tier 1: munitions boosters, laser gats, deflectors
tier 2: anti-armor, infiltrators, mlrs, armor

[Haagenti II]

My current short list is:
tier 1: munitions boosters, laser gats, deflectors
tier 2: anti-armor, infiltrators, mlrs, armor

<looks bemused>
What's good about Anti-Armor?