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OFFICIAL corvettes are FUN thread!

By sareth01 on May 21, 2012 7:49:14 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

sareth01

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Now our dear friends mechalenin and semazrelan are out for blood on these cute innocent little corvettes.

The issue I have with all this corvette "negative press" is that corvettes are so damn fun to play with.  I don't mind having the game balanced around corvettes, and then around titans.  As long as corvettes retain their usefulness for only so long in a match(say the first 10-30 min), and Titans come in later in the game( around tech 6-8), to allow more room for frigates and cruisers to develop into fleets. Frigate/cruiser fights should still be the bread and butter of this game, imo.

To reduce corvette efficacy in the early game you need a hard counter to them (something i've mentioned in another one of my threads, turrets with corvette specific AoE capabilities after research).

This thread is only for those people who enjoy playing with corvettes to show the love. 

I corvettes.

 

 

 

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bilun
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May 21, 2012 8:19:08 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I agree- while corvettes are certainly too broadly useful atm, I do certainly like them in principal.

 

 

Not to mention I feel many are quick to forget that there have been a few beneficial effects of corvettes on game balance: they have added a reliable early counter to carrier capitalships and LRF.  Yes they are OP atm, but only because they are strong against  more or less EVERYTHING ELSE(and lack a sufficiently hard counter considering their mobility) I think people will start to realize the benefits of adding corvettes to sins strategy.

 

Methinks people need to remember that this is a beta and not get resentful towards a new unit just because it's not been properly balanced yet.

 

Really I think if flak countered them a bit harder(ideally if flak were faster/more maneuverable) and they weren't  as strong against Light Frigates & structures Corvettes would be fine.

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HouseRalan
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May 21, 2012 8:19:19 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Mecha is just copying me.  Did Stardock finally balance them or we still playing Corvettes of a Solar Empire?

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sareth01
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May 21, 2012 8:29:49 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

They still need some tweaking

Mecha's thread is funny(and i got insanely jealous), I figure i'd add my 2 bits of silly.

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Oddski_Boddski
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May 21, 2012 8:32:04 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I laughed when I read this. I'm glad to see that someone doesn't think we should nuke corvettes down to nothingness.

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Ekko_Tek
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May 21, 2012 8:54:30 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I love corvettes because they make RTS accessible to everybody - I only need one military lab and then I just turn on my happy corvette factories of win! I only wish I could find the auto-build button so I wouldn't have to micromanage producing them all the time. I like how they make the complicated counter system of Sins so simple!!

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Scudhawk
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May 21, 2012 10:13:49 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Corvettes are cheap and affordable in sins.

 Pizza unrelated

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StarFallArmada
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May 22, 2012 12:48:14 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I know they have some problems that need balancing, but i like them for filling out a fleet

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GoaFan77
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May 22, 2012 12:56:41 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Scudhawk,
reply 6
Pizza unrelated

Actually pizza is also cheap and yet the best food on the planet. So I think it can related to corvettes quite well.

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Seleuceia
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May 22, 2012 1:12:15 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I LOOOOOVVVVEEEE Corvettes...

Gone are the stressful days of careful thinking in regards to fleet composition and microing...alas, all one has to do is build a swarm of these buggers and sit back and enjoy the show...

Corvettes are what allows me to stay competitive on ICO while simultaneously playing Internet Spades...without them, I'd just be a pathetic noob with no real knack for RTS....

That the Advent Corvettes sound like a bunch of 12 year old girls is simply icing on the cake irrelevant because why play Advent when you can have two titans as Vasari??

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Mecha-Lenin
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May 22, 2012 1:15:23 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I OFFICIALLY disapprove of this thread.

As does Dante:




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sareth01
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May 22, 2012 3:14:29 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I officially laughed at the above post^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Qu4r
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May 22, 2012 3:53:06 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Poor Sareth , i see your deer friend not only disrupts your connection but also your brainwaves.

 

Try use one of this:

 

 

Noobs will always want  game more simple to the point u click once per hour.

Are you a noob sareth?

 

 

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Joccaren
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May 22, 2012 5:09:50 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Corvettes need a significant rebalance, but they are a fun part of the game that I would not want to lose.

 

My main reason for enjoyment: They are the one reasonably sized ship that actually moves in a fight. Everything else is static, and rather boring to watch in a playback. This doesn't make them a good unit, but a fun one. A rebalance that places them as a specific counter to a specific ship with a specific counter to them would be good. My first few rounds I thought they'd be PoS. Then I tried them, and they are extremely OP. Having them be shorter range would help [Something I think Sins needs more of is a reasonable range difference in fights], as would reducing their armour and shield mitigation some, and buffing flak frigates some [Which could also aid in combating bomber spam].

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RiddleKing
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May 22, 2012 7:25:07 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Qu4r,
reply 12
Poor Sareth , i see your deer friend not only disrupts your connection but also your brainwaves.

 

Try use one of this:



 



 

Noobs will always want  game more simple to the point u click once per hour.

Are you a noob sareth?

 

 

 

Jedi noob to be precise. Descendants of the great jedi warriors but not so with the force..they can't will shit with their minds and they are not so guru like yoda.

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sareth01
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May 22, 2012 2:03:19 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

@ quar

You must be drunk again, You aren't making any sense. 

@ riddleking

lol riddleking are you just becoming more bitter the longer you show everyone on these forums how much of a troll you are?

@ everyone else

I'm glad to see that there is a decent amount of corvette lovin out there! even if we are delegated to the lowest circle of hell.

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Zeta1127
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May 23, 2012 2:16:57 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting sareth01,
reply 15
@ everyone else

I'm glad to see that there is a decent amount of corvette lovin out there! even if we are delegated to the lowest circle of hell.

Actually its "...a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."

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Ryat
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May 23, 2012 2:22:15 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

SQUIRREL CORVETTES!

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Cpt_Siddy
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May 23, 2012 4:38:42 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I wooped Higgy_[_]'s corvette spamming arse by counterspamming garda flaks, with hoshikos and some odd HC's

 

Corvettes suck against cruisers and flak. And TEC flak is big big HP buffer.

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MacGyver2
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May 23, 2012 6:12:36 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Corvettes are garbage. With corvettes cant rush on fleet with flaks and Star Base. On this, they are not useful.

Few times i'm successfully defend my HW vs. 2 rushing players with corvettes waves. Just using SB with mobile flaks. If u defending.

 

If u attacking just build flaks with Hoshikos, thats really usefull mix.

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May 23, 2012 8:11:44 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

(Reads OP and agrees wholeheartedly) --> Sulsurak Corvette pilot's laughter.

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sareth01
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May 24, 2012 9:22:21 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums


Actually its "...a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."

Brown coats represent!

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Sinperium
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May 24, 2012 9:30:20 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Man..I like the idea of Squirrel corvettes...they'd be so cute.

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sareth01
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May 27, 2012 5:10:01 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

shameless bump, as the controversy of this thread isn't as exciting as the "corvette hate threads".

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