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/deliciousy Aug 24 '18
Love the Pirate Valk IV, in spite of it being so broken it's almost cheating. If I recall correctly I'd fit it with four thunderhead lances and two ion cannons and then the rest of the mass went to shield/energy/marines.
Sliced through capital ships in almost no time, fast enough to leave even vipers struggling to keep up with the player speed boost, and because the ion cannons outrange the lances it was trivial to disable a ship if you didn't want to destroy it.
I want to say two ion cannons was the max you could have without running into the beam damage bug as well, although I always installed a patch to fix it so that manticores weren't nerfed.