Riot Starships are suddenly even more useful

[Volatar]

So I just discovered by accident that riot starships (more specifically their shields) are able to push AI units around.

This is nice and helps in wormhole assaults, but I found another use for it that is probably unintended: They can push units out from underneath AI forcefields/shielded guard posts.

[keith.lamothe]

This is nice and helps in wormhole assaults, but I found another use for it that is probably unintended: They can push units out from underneath AI forcefields/shielded guard posts.

Haha, that's great   Yes, unintended, but I think it's a valid use for them as a utility unit. 

There's also using their tractor beam modules to "steal" a bunch of enemies from a threat-pile on the other side of a wormhole and bring them back to get shredded in detail on your side.

[Volatar]

This is nice and helps in wormhole assaults, but I found another use for it that is probably unintended: They can push units out from underneath AI forcefields/shielded guard posts.

Haha, that's great   Yes, unintended, but I think it's a valid use for them as a utility unit. 

There's also using their tractor beam modules to "steal" a bunch of enemies from a threat-pile on the other side of a wormhole and bring them back to get shredded in detail on your side.

Hah. Never thought about doing that. Totally want to do that now 

[keith.lamothe]

And, of course, there's getting all 4 mkII riots with tazers and cutting enemy dps by a significant percentage in a close-range scenario like a wave emergence, etc.

[Wanderer]

This is nice and helps in wormhole assaults, but I found another use for it that is probably unintended: They can push units out from underneath AI forcefields/shielded guard posts.

Haha, that's great   Yes, unintended, but I think it's a valid use for them as a utility unit. 

There's also using their tractor beam modules to "steal" a bunch of enemies from a threat-pile on the other side of a wormhole and bring them back to get shredded in detail on your side.

Hah. Never thought about doing that. Totally want to do that now 

You'll need shield bearers of some kind to be able to succesfully do that.  Otherwise the threatball will eat your riots.

[keith.lamothe]

You'll need shield bearers of some kind to be able to succesfully do that.  Otherwise the threatball will eat your riots.

I take it just throwing a cap-full of mkI fighters (or other, cheaper, expendable and numerous units) through first doesn't gum up the enemy targeting lists enough to cover the riots for a few seconds?

[PokerChen]

You'll need shield bearers of some kind to be able to succesfully do that.  Otherwise the threatball will eat your riots.

I take it just throwing a cap-full of mkI fighters (or other, cheaper, expendable and numerous units) through first doesn't gum up the enemy targeting lists enough to cover the riots for a few seconds?

Oh that does the trick, but I, like some, am not normally given to intentionally sending sacrificial units to soak up enemy fire. This is of course where Neinzuls and their carriers come in handy.

[Wanderer]

You'll need shield bearers of some kind to be able to succesfully do that.  Otherwise the threatball will eat your riots.

I take it just throwing a cap-full of mkI fighters (or other, cheaper, expendable and numerous units) through first doesn't gum up the enemy targeting lists enough to cover the riots for a few seconds?

Not enough on a wormhole that you care enough about to use this trick.  They die in the alpha to the 500+ MK x ships sitting on the other side.  The riots get the remainder.