Waiter, Hold the Spam Please!

posted on September 16th, 2009, 2:31 am

Right now, there are a couple counters even to the Sabre.  Unfortunately, the best ones are Klingon.  Vel'araquh (or however its' spelled) outranges them and can shut down their shields.  A single cloaked B'rel can slip up and drop a Graviton Marker on a Sabre letting it and it's friends slaughter the Sabre easily.

The Bugship is a little harder to outright counter, though the Disruptor Rhienn does a good job, as does the Shrike (Ever watch a bugship that loses it's weapons?  Doesn't do much of anything.)

For the Borg, the Boarding ability handles both ship types easily by rapidly adding them to your own arsenal.  As does Holding Beam (but that's a much later game ability unless you're luring them near your base and Uni-Complexing them)

The big problem I see is that not everyone has a decent counter to them.

[tom]

posted on September 16th, 2009, 6:00 am

Last edited by tom on September 16th, 2009, 11:35 am, edited 1 time in total.

Right now, there are a couple counters even to the Sabre.  Unfortunately, the best ones are Klingon.  Vel'araquh (or however its' spelled) outranges them and can shut down their shields.

is that arty ship or the troop transport from the 2nd yard? both does not counter sabers. the only counter that comes early is b'rel and its working until warpin

A single cloaked B'rel can slip up and drop a Graviton Marker on a Sabre letting it and it's friends slaughter the Sabre easily.

that would be a neat trick but afair after cloaking u dont have the energy to drop the marker. can the marker be droped while the ship is cloaked? anyway it would not be v efficient imo.

The Bugship is a little harder to outright counter, though the Disruptor Rhienn does a good job, as does the Shrike (Ever watch a bugship that loses it's weapons?  Doesn't do much of anything.)

not counting ramming shrike counters bugs and any other destroyer. if U can produce enough that is

The big problem I see is that not everyone has a decent counter to them.

yep, not every race has a counter to every ships and some ships just does not have any counters

posted on September 16th, 2009, 2:56 pm

The Vel is the arty ship from 1st yard.  And if you use alternate ammo, it certainly does counter sabre.  Outranges it, and prevents it from moving.

Graviton Markers are cheap.