Default ships are better?

[CornPlanter]

I never bothered with default ships until now. That is until I noticed that some default ships I can build are way better than anything I can possibly assemble myself. I.e. at the recent game I had (default) Destroyer with 36 beam attack, 10 shields and 3 move. The most I could fit on that hull manually was 36 beam attack, 4 (!) shields and 1 or 2 (!) move.

I used to think that default ships are just auto-constructed from the possible materials for those too lazy to do it themselves. Now it turns out they are way better when it comes to size points? I hope I am just missing something, otherwise it would be really dumb feature... giving players ability to manually assemble worse ships than those they already have...

 

[Sparthage]

The good thing abou the custom ships is that they can defend or attack with multiple weapon types. That is why custom ships are generally better. Also, did you research the miniturization techs? Those can be useful for putting more fun toys on your ships.

 

[Defiant47]

Say what?

I've noticed this in previous versions (before Twilight of the Arnor, the last expansion), but haven't noticed anything like it now. I've even created some ships to double-check it myself.

 

[CornPlanter]

Say what?

I've noticed this in previous versions (before Twilight of the Arnor, the last expansion), but haven't noticed anything like it now. I've even created some ships to double-check it myself.

I'm refering to Twilight of Arnor :/ Gonna make some screenshots next time I bump it to this...

 

[Defiant47]

I'm refering to Twilight of Arnor :/ Gonna make some screenshots next time I bump it to this...

Holy crap, you're right. The default ships are outfitted with 1 parsec per week speed and 0.1 range, so they're hardly usable. But it's still dumb.

 

[Sparthage]

Oh yeah, I only have the plain version, but I'm looking for the expansions. Any ideas on where to get them cheap?

 

[mossmonster]

Oh yeah, I only have the plain version, but I'm looking for the expansions. Any ideas on where to get them cheap?

There really isn't much of a discount to be found. Do you know someone else who plays and you could split the cost?

 

[CornPlanter]

I figured the cause. Default ships doesn't take into account your Miniaturization level, they always assume maximum. Thats how they are able to fit so many stuff. This bug is fixed in the latest patch.