Ekko_Tek

Disintegration. Nothing like raiding an unprotected enemy planet, watching an enemy task force try to stop you, and as soon as they start to think they've killed your Vulkoras, use it and get restored to full health. Then retreat while your siege platforms finish off the planet.

Also I could be wrong here, but doesn't transfer antimatter suffer from the same sort of mass target issues like the Domina used to have?

No. I mean how every single Domina used to target the same exact ships, so having large numbers of them really didn't help them cover an entire fleet.

Oh I see - I obviously don't know the ability as well as I thought. It is a targetable ability so you can turn off autocast and target whatever you want but I didn't realize it wasn't able to affect Capitals or Titans. Now that I remember, I think Detonate Anti-Matter on the Radiance is the only ability in the game that can deplete Titan AM.

Unfortunately, Disciple's Steal Antimatter ability cannot be used on capital ships - and I'm pretty sure Titans as well. Only on opposing frigates.

Edit: oh wait that's been said already. Nevermind me then.

With the power of the placebo effect?

No, but seriously, I usually play Advent and pretty much never get the Radiance anyway so I'm fighting Titans with my own or with bombers for the most part. Unfortunately, in terms of lack of variety, very few capital ships are viable in MP and generally getting away with using as few as possible, and only a select few, is optimal.

If the game goes long enough, and I get Mass Transcendence, then I'll add in Capital Ships for specific tasks like that - otherwise, a level 1 cap is pointless at that stage of the game. Anyway, this thread is good - I'm learning things.

I don't care what people say I love Confluence of the Unity, yeah I wish it did more, yeah I wish culture was buffed etc, but even now with only one temple of communion the culture will fly down the phase lanes, I have been in multiple mp games where the player who was a noob obviously would panic at the sight of a culture wave, and this is viable almost immediately in game, I use confluence as path if you will for my fleet as I try to travel in culture as I get all my buffs that way, later on acclimation of will decimates the enemy allegiance and global unity serves spice things up a bit, as even if I loose planets its going to be hard as hell to colonize because culture just don't die

Some things I love doing in the right situations...

1)  Spam LFs and Corvettes late game...sometimes you'll see VL players spam carriers and overseers without a whole lot of other ships...these two ships are great counters, move fast, don't require labs (in case you lose them to VL), and don't have the limitations that carriers do (long build times + squadron build times, AM being lost after each jump, slow, firepower vulnerable to JW)...its definitely a niche strategy, but especially if you are supporting an ally who has titan and bombers, this can be a great fleet to deal with late game VL...nice perk too is that by being fast, this fleet combo has better chance of catching VL or running away...

2)  Get 2nd akkan after Titan...if you manage to get both to lvl 6, you have 2 instances of armistice, which is awesome...happen to get one or both of them to lvl 8, and you have armistic almost indefinitely...because armistice has a range limitation, if you stay away from the enemy fleet then they don't get the invulnerability...this allows you to keep your ships immune to bomber spam, but still use your bombers and/or fighters with impunity...having the 2nd instance of armistice really is crucial to pulling this off though if you are facing massive bomber spam...

3)  Resupply/Docking Booms...it's not perfect, but it can be a godsend in protecting your carriers and HCs from AoEs like those of the Rebel titans...again, only useful if you know an attack is imminent from a Rebel player who is relying on their Titan AoEs instead of bombers for damage...

I'm suddenly thinking of all the possibilities when there's an Advent ally with Repulsion...

In terms of unloved techs, I have a liking for Eyes of the Converted - gives easy scouting of nearby neutrals, and enhances the Deliverance's attack-support capabilities by giving a quick scout before you make your move.  Also lets you keep vision after losing a planet.

Now say something about Kol.

All Beam weapon upgrades for TEC

Beam weapon upgrade for TEC Rebels

Reason: Beam weapon add so little in overall DPS, that is not not worth spending the money.

TEC Rebels have little use for another damage level of beam weapons, while TEC Loyalist starbase and Ankylon could quite use it and dont get it.

You realize that the Kol Beam weapons are more show than weapon, considering how little damage they do?

Yes, the Rebel starbase does profit from that upgrade, further reducing the gap in defensive capabilities between TEC Loyalists and TEC Rebels. Which imho is bad, because it basically removes the entire point of playing TEC Loyalist.

just trying to make a joke about a fleet of kols, but that is a shame.