Borg

posted on August 2nd, 2009, 10:58 am

Well tell me if Im wrong buuut...
Big mapp = borg win
a cube has the price of 4-5 sovergeins but its MUCH better than 4-5 soveregins
recycler is a joke if I calculate with 45 minute long game the recycler it collects a price of 1 cube
but in the 45th minute you can have 7-8 cubes.

posted on August 2nd, 2009, 11:13 am

i beg to differ.

large map equals feds win.

The cubes are very powerful but a full select (16) of excelsior mk2 and akiras (together 8 each) can bring one down. the Excelsior MkII is i think the best ship the feds have. It vets up quick and then becomes more powerful that an assim alone, Its not to expensive and outruns ships in the same class, not to mention the quantum and ACS (i think thats it) torpedos.

that and that same combo can cause havok for spheres, pyramids and assims.

the feds also have the ability to call in powerful ships anywhere on the map... FOR FREE.
combined with quantum turrets and warp in, the feds would do very well on a large map.

posted on August 2nd, 2009, 2:42 pm

Yes, Borg do worse on larger maps since they can only expand production so far with the Collective Connections limitations.

recycler is a joke if I calculate with 45 minute long game the recycler it collects a price of 1 cube
but in the 45th minute you can have 7-8 cubes.

More like the price of a detector. It only pays for itself after 41 minutes.

a cube has the price of 4-5 sovergeins but its MUCH better than 4-5 soveregins

Well, depends on the avatar: an Assimilate avatar's cube costs much more... and again, why are we comparing one battleship to another? This isn't how balance goes. 

The end all shouldn't just be Cubes. Although this is a bit of a sidenote, you should have very few Cubes, and very many other smaller vessels. Optimize should rely heavily on Spheres, Diamonds and some long range Assimilator support while Assimilate should have a force composed of Assimilators and Pyramids. (and if you run out of CC's but not resources... lots of probes and detectors).