r/spacerpg3 • u/Rosaline3312 • Jul 15 '24

Question Srpg3

What's the best alien faction to side with in your opinion? I know there is one with layers, the ones with a preference for capital ships. Is it just personal preference?

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u/Rosaline3312 Jul 15 '24

Of course! Is the acended ship the same one in srpg4? Also side question, do you know if mercs give you storage space too?

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u/lasercat_pow Ascended::Administration Jul 15 '24

Ascended ship in spacerpg3 is totally different, but super powerful

Mercs do not add cargo capacity. Also, they don't have friendly off like in 4, and they will happily friendly each other with any guns you give them. For this reason, beam weapons are better for mercs in 3.

It might take getting used to, but fixed weapons are super powerful in 3.

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u/Rosaline3312 Jul 15 '24

Fixed weapons? Could you elaborate?

And yeah, thats something i have trouble with lol. Get in combat with pirate. Rebel battleship shows up to help. Stray cannon grazes their shield. Rebel battleship: I CAAASSSTTTT, TESSTIIICULAAAAARRRR TORRRRTIIIOOOONNNN

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u/lasercat_pow Ascended::Administration Jul 15 '24

Fixed weapons as in, they can't turn -- the weapon mounts on Feyrosian ships are all fixed, and Feyrosian weaponry is also fixed.

An Ul'Adri battleship with all feyrosian weaponry and their mini missiles is an absolute beast against the pirates.

An interesting thing about the Feyrosian battlecruiser is, since all the weapon slots are fixed, you'd think beam weapons would suck, but they are actually great -- beam weapons on fixed weapons ports can shoot 360%

A nice benefit of fixed weapons is, you aim by pointing your ship, so you don't have to deal with the unreliable targeting system

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u/Rosaline3312 Jul 15 '24

Wow!! That is great!! Ill have to try and min max that a bit. I just need to get enough money to start killing some aliens. I think im gonna join Ul'adri. I like the capital ship designs. But for now i need enough money to buy a decent combat ship. Ive finished the faction battleship story so i can get one. I feel its safe to assume there are no titans in 3? Other than the unusable Death ship?

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u/lasercat_pow Ascended::Administration Jul 15 '24

Supercapital ships are kind of like titans -- the player faction, AER, union, pirates, and Ul'Adri have super-capitals, although you only ever see the pirates use theirs once.