Idea for a ship card

[AdmiralToguroAni]

Hello! As we all know, the Rebel CC-something frigate (not the gravity well one) and the Imp. Strike cruiser are rather redundant compared to the Assault Frigate and the Victory 2. I want to change that around a little, but its boring to make a new ship thats slightly more powerful than a Victory 2 but less so than an ISD2. So heres what I'm thinking: The ship will be outfitted with only Ion cannons. But lots of them. Maybe like 500 fore, 300 Starboard and Port, and 150 Aft with a decent rate of weapon recharge and range. They will be capable of carrying around 2 squadrons of fighters so they can attack the ship after they've disabled it. In battle, I'd think that their purpose would be to rush in and try to deal disable the shields before the heavy hitters like the ISD2 and SSDs move in. Does that sound like something that would be useful in the game? If so, which of these would be better?

 

Fast and lightly shielded with a weak hull: This would allow you to build lots of them and have them zoom in and harrass the big guys. This would also give the lancers/carracks/corvettes/gunships something to hit after they obliterate the enemy fighters.

 

Medium speed (ISD1) with strong shields and a medium hull: This means that your opponent will have to make the choice of either attacking the ion ship first and take damage from your big ship, or take on your Bulwark/SSD and hope the shields last long enough to destroy it before the ions eat away at their shields.

 

I understand that this ship is awfully specialized and would be fodder for fighters, but I think they would add some variety to the tactical game, as no ships seem to focus solely on ion cannons.

[Jahled]

Hello! As we all know, the Rebel CC-something frigate (not the gravity well one) and the Imp. Strike cruiser are rather redundant compared to the Assault Frigate and the Victory 2.

 

Actually I beg to differ...

 

The CC-9600 Frigate has a turbo laser range of 75...

 

The strike Cruiser has Turbo laser AND ion cannon ranges of 60...

 

..with speed and maneuverability to match, these guys are the dark horses of the game.