"Ranger" class ships

February 23, 2006 10:45 AM from

I have been getting "Ranger" class ships through the random events (three so far) pretty early in the game, just wondering what it is and what you think about it.

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Reply #1 February 23, 2006 1:50 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

Yeah...playing an easy game just to mess around and learn the ropes. Went from having pretty low military power compared to everyone else to having a superior army when I found one. Couple of years later and I have 4 of them and no one else has the firepower to match them.

They are nice to get but seem to be a little overpowered for getting them at such an early stage of the game. Maybe it should be a lower chance of getting the ship running again but a higher chance of developing the next weapon, shield, engine, or hull technology from studying the ship

Reply #2 February 23, 2006 1:55 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

Remeber at easy games they AI will probably not be able to keep up with such a jump in military power. I think when you move up, the AI will be able to counter these ships.

Reply #3 February 23, 2006 2:25 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

That is true, I would have to see how it is effected in a harder game but maybe have it scale a little bit. When I found the ships they had 26~28 beam weapons and 54 hull. The biggest ship my enemy had when I got the 4th Ranger was Laser 4 with some low shield. Again they might not be creating new ships or using the latest technologies they have available since I was a little behind in the technology arena.

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