' Wrote:YES freighters can be potetially awesome vessels of destruction, like the Corsair Correro or the Rogue Bactarian. Or hopelessly weak as the Bretonian Clydesdale and the X-wing...
Well, one of the "hopelessly" weak freighters you are comparing here is a Mk1 freighter. Not too surprising, is it?
Quote:Therefor i propose that all freighters get a buff.
The first issue i see is; huge shield but a bomber worth of shield batteries... often quite thick hull too but yet fighter/bombers have same amount of B/B.... Freighters should get some more, maybe an average of 20 more b/b (except repair ship ofcourse).
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Quote:A freighter as of now is a VHF with a heavy cargopod when it comes to stats and such....
I thought that was one of the points about Freighters? Massive firepower, large cargo hold, and (relatively) low maneuverability/agility? Some Light Freighters would be fun though.
Quote:Freighters will get a speed buff come 4.86. That's enough of a perk to warrant their existance, especially in piracy. Once in cruise they'll be able to run circles around anything, and they'll be able to catch up to transports as well.
Had no idea that Freighters were getting the speed buff in 4.86 too... Niiiiice. That'll more than make up for a lot of their shortcomings.
Buff to their armor would be nice... Same with BB count... They should be special... LFs have Agility, HF have agility and core, VHF have core, Transports have armor and cargohold, Gunboats and up have armor and core and firepower... Freighters have... uh... what..?
Freighters are great ships, highly usable for many tasks except for power trading.
They fit their role, you can trade, pirate, rp, keep important stuff, and even fight if you know how to with them.
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All these freighters rock & I've shot up fighters, bombers & transports in my CSF
...try to avoid bombers....
...starting transports don't stand a chance - nor do miners...ho hum...
Players moan - I say under-estimate a fully kitted freighter at your peril.
I fly a transport to make money.
I fly a freighter for fun.
Tweak the turret placement on the CSF & that will be all the buffing I desire.
freighters do need a buff, if they were as awesome as people claim they wouldnt be so rare.
people stating that they once upon a time have used a freighter to some good effect isnt really worth anything. they easily snac'd, easily MR'd, hell even easily torpedo'd.
they have less batteries and in some cases less health than a VHF and bomber.
' Wrote:freighters do need a buff, if they were as awesome as people claim they wouldnt be so rare.
people stating that they once upon a time have used a freighter to some good effect isnt really worth anything. they easily snac'd, easily MR'd, hell even easily torpedo'd.
they have less batteries and in some cases less health than a VHF and bomber.
they are pointless ships atm.
Not really. Some freighters are better than others. I think some of them were just left behind when the last buff happened.
As for rarity, problem is that freighters are all around ships that get beaten in particular tasks by specialized classes. Fighters will do better in a fight, Bombers will perform better against heavy targets and transports can carry much more cargo. While freighters can perform fairly well in all of them, they don't excel compared to other ships.
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