posted on September 25th, 2011, 10:21 pm
sovvies arent solely supports to me. they are mainline ships. they hit hard with those big torps. and they can take some serious damage. and if the enemy has lots of short range, put sovvies alone to tank.
their special allows them to be added to a fleet in small numbers for supporting roles. sadly due to their already massive defensive stats, they dont often get to tank with ablative armour. pretty much every other ship in the game will get autotargeted first.
personally the defiant is so much more useful in a lot of situations that i dont see a huge attraction to the sovvie. the e2 can just about get the job done against late tech big ships that are torpedo magnets. granted the sovvie is a bargain, but if you need ships fast, chassis 3 is a lot of time and money. i think that the e2 can usually hold your tech down in most cases. and when the enemy doesnt have torpedo magnet ships then just go for defiants, an all round incredible ship.
i just think that as a tank, the sovvie is never first to get shot, and the defiant has ablative armour as well. and as an offensive ship against large opponents the e2 is really good, only 10 slower than a sovvie, and punches slightly weaker. but then the money you could have put into chassis 3 can get you 1 or 2 e2s. the sovvie usually gets put out for its special. it does an ok job as a mainline ship, but sadly i can see why people are reluctant to use it for anything but its special.
its also easy to underestimate just how tough a sovvie is, its defence is massive, a sovvie in a defensive posture (pretty easy posture for feds to pull off) can be an incredible asset. if you can cycle sovvies through yards and keep the enemy from taking out your mining, you can gain a foothold and not be kicked out of a game.
