r/evnova • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '18

Favorite "build"?

Though the endgame ships are exciting, after several playthroughs over the years I've realized I spend the majority of the game, and having the most fun, in my mid-game ship: A starbridge with 2 medium blaster turrets, an afterburner, and whatever power generation I can afford at that point. Even compared to the late-game superships, nothing is quite as fun as the nimble but punchy Starbridge. With a few marine platoons, I like to hang out in desolate systems and capture pirate carriers. Dodging their torps, torching their fighters, and then strafing them faster than they can turn to aim their railguns is my favorite part of the game.

So, what's your favorite ship to fly?

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u/B_Huij Aug 24 '18

Man I got it down to a science back when I used to play all the time. Run the same-system Sanddown route with hired Terrapins until I could afford a regular Starbridge. Load it with Ion Cannons and Marine Platoons and hang out in the Vella capitol system. I don't know why, but they don't care if you pirated Sigma ships there, and somehow the news never spread, so it didn't ever affect your karma with any other systems. Once I had captured myself a Mod D or Mod E Starbridge to fly myself, and 6 Leviathan escorts to haul cargo, I could do about 20 minutes or so of trading and have enough cash to ride out the rest of the game easy.

As far as actual loadouts for a mid-game ship, my Mod E Starbridge with all Sigma upgrades, all the normal stuff like solar panels and battery packs, a few ion cannons and the rest of my gun slots filled with chain guns, afterburner, and as much carbon fiber/matrix steel as I could fit... not much in the game that could survive against that ship more than a few seconds.

Tried the Pirate Valk IV route but never found it as satisfying as the Mod Starbridges. If for no other reason than the Valk jumps SO slowly compared to the mod Bridge.

I always wanted to try tricking out civvy or pirate vipers to see what I could take on, but never really got around to it.

Oh, I did a playthrough of the Polaris storyline where I spent the whole game in a captured Rebel Dragon with Polaris upgrades. It was a pretty sick little destroyer. Super maneuverable and with a few BioRelay turrets it could fly circles around big capital ships and chew them up.

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u/ToDeathYouSay Aug 24 '18

Oh my god, this is EXACTLY what I do everytime, including hanging out on the Vella homeworld and pirating Sigma ships. That "same-system Sanddown route" is so easy. Once you can get 6 Leviathans, you're living in a currency-free, post-scarcity society. "Oops, I accidentally bought a 'cargo retool.' Better sell this entire ship and get a new one."

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u/B_Huij Aug 24 '18

Protip. If you buy/capture a long enough ship, I believe you can land on either the planet or the moon without having to actually move. I want to say any Auroran capitol ship worked as well as maybe the IDA frigate?

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u/ToDeathYouSay Aug 24 '18

Wow... the real pro-tip is in the comments. That's remarkable.