Just because the VR Titan eats frigates for breakfast does it mean it is OP? Perhaps throwing frigates against it is just the wrong strategy, on purpose. Like trying to destroy flak with strike craft.

What if it goes face-to-face with a starbase?

How many capital ships are needed to destroy the VR Titan without frigate/cruiser support on both sides?

Those are all valid comparisons which, depending on the answer, can validate or refute the 'OMG IT'S OP BBQ' claim.

So you think it being able to single handidly wipe out massive fleets because over half the ships in the game flat out don't work against it isn't OP? Really? You think it's intended behavior that nothing smaller then a capital ship should be brought to fight this thing because doing so actively helps it?

As for a Starbase... it'll be fine. When you run all your ships away (because if they're around this thing will have no problem with a Starbase since it's got snacks), the other guy will just bring in some ships and kill the Starbase. Or since it's Vasari Rebels just bring in our dear friend Orkulus Rex.

I agree that the purpose of the Kultorask is to force your opponent to think strategically by not bringing in massed frigate army to face it, that being said however nano leech is way to op atm as even if you are using your cap ships it drains your am and you really can't kill that thing, and as tridus said if you are stuck in a fight with that thing and then they bring it orkulus it is very much over because even if you have sb and supporting structures the disintegrator arrays will take everything down

I agree that frigates should not be able to swarm and take down titans instantly or even quickly as they are in perspective titans that must be approached with caution and treated as such, however the kultorask is to much atm as the only effective means is mass bombers, which is no easy feat as they can have their corvettes and other ships take out your carriers whilst the titan moves in so if you try to support your carriers all will be used as snacks, so its basically a hit and run strat which if you are like me playing the AL your worst enemy will be VR, because with the phase missiles and the ability to eat your entire fleet with their titan will render my titan useless as I need my fleet to achieve maximum firepower so in my case using a titan to engage titan will fail horribly

That's the issue here.  To beat a fleet, you need a fleet or high-level titan (or sometimes a maxed SB will suffice).  The VR have bar-none the most powerful late-game fleet in the game.  While others have to concern themselves with petty things like frigates, the Kultorask can just eat them and keep them disabled half the time.  If the VR get's bored, it can just nuke every subtitan with Dissever (because you can bet this thing'll hit level 6 unless it's opponent ragequit before then).

Basically, your defenses against a powerful fleet are going to ordinarily consist of 4 things: frigate fleet, capitals, starbase, and titan.  The problem is that the Kultorask can make itself invulnerable and completely make a chunk of your fleet worthless.  Without your frigates, the VR's frigates are going to give the VR player far more DPS.  With this advantage for the VR, they can proceed to steamroll you if they have an Orkulus Rex with them.  Unlike other starbases which probably only get to fire at 4-5 enemies at once, Debris Vortex combined with the fact that the Orky can hit more targets at will for more DPS than any other unit in the game: more than 300 DPS on each of 16 targets.  As a result, an Orkulus Rex can demolish your remaining capitals, in particular because a lot of it's DPS is in the form of PM's which just happens to be the specialty weapon of the VR.  

Now that your capitals and frigates are dead, all you have left really are your titan and starbase.  While the Orky probably lost it's shields destroying your capitals, it has Debris Vortex, remember?  By now, all your frigates are dead and all that is just food for the Orkulus Rex, meaning that it too is basically immortal and you are now facing two invincible titans and a full fleet without yours.  The next step for the VR is to press towards your starbase and any repair platforms.  Disintegrators will make quick work of them both.

This leaves only your titan if you're lucky and a few stragglers.  Honestly, the focus fire from the fleet/Orky/bombers will probably kill the titan within seconds and Ruiner mines will prevent the fleeing ships from leaving.  In other words, you just lost your entire military force.

Orkies threatened to be OP on the attack in Entrenchment and Trinity because getting one built in your gravity well meant putting out thousands of points of damage while the rest of your fleet gets wailed on by the attacking fleet or lose the gravity well.  Now you have to put out tends of thousands of points of damage against something that is sending out 300+ DPS to each target, about a third of which is PM's.

Maxed Orkies have always been the most powerful starbase.  They were the first titan.  Once maxed and escorted by a fleet, they would refuse to die.  The reason that facing Orkulus Rex+Kultorask+fleet is OP is because there's nothing that can really do anything to stop it.

Send frigates?  Nano Leech
Send capitals? Nano Leech+Orky
Hide by starbase? Orky goes to town
Send titan? Orky+bombers

The Orky fundamentally isn't more powerful than the Kultorask, but when used together and escorted, pretty much everything is doomed.

Dude I lost a VR titan to regular base defense and a few frigates.... I guess the disruptive nanite ability on the missile platforms was buffed from diplo as it not only disabled passive regen, but also antimatter and sheild regen.... not know that little error cost me a level 2 titan cause I thought it could tank those defenses, and it probably could have but chance was not on my side that day....

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Bombers are like the best thing to use against Titans and SBs...

NO NO NO we can't do that, we also can't use capital ships or other titans against it, it must be destroyed by 10s of light frigates! We also can't try to fight it on a more suitable area where maybe we have an SB positioned....

Am I doing it rite?

I remeber back in the Entranchment days vasari eco spot used to spamm orkies and kept fleet pop low.

Now vasari eco can spamm orkies and be actualy the most powerful military while having virtually no fleet.

Vasari is just so broken when comparing to other 2 races, the only time you stand a chance against vasari in MP is if he is stupid or rushed 1 jumps away by corvetes.

Late game is Vasari town hands down no questions asked.

Not necessarily, I playing as AL in my own gravity well with repair stations, static defenses, sb, and fleet with my titan, would be owned by VR when their fleet, titan, and sb, jumped in period, a competent player would know how to take me down very quickly as a matter of fact, their sb would laugh at mass disorientation and would come in for the kill whilst he kept their support in the back his fighters and bombers will not be as numerous as mine but would be far superior as they are more heavily armored and have phase missiles so what would happen if even I set my fleet to stay near defenses they would send in sb first once I have engaged sb  then they would send the titan up to start leeching, placing my carriers on the edge of grav well would result in them getting chased down by corvettes and skirmishers so even if I had defense vessels escorting them the skirmishers would own me ending scenario would be me well dead =]

The problem with static defense for other races is just that, it is static. A fully upgraded SB is huge investment, and once you lay it down, it stays there. It cant defend other wells, or assault enemy. So if enemy choses to ignore defenses, like vasari can thanks to kostura cannon, all you investment are for nothing.

Ironically, vasari have best defense and offense of all races. The nanite missiles that disable AM and passive repair is one of the few thing that can kill orky or VR titty. Phasic trap is best anti bomber defence bar none. And the best thing is that you can scatter them, as they are equally defective scattered around well or concentrated in one area. And you dont even need as many of them to get the desired effect.

In short, best thing to kill vasari is other vasari.

Now pair this with vasari late game mobility, you have a something that is just no possible to balance. Not unless  you give other races something to preform similar tasks that i mentioned above.