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TEC Carriers FTW!!

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So I'm trying to figure out how TEC fits in the 1.1 game.  Yes their capships have useful abilities (please don't marzabait on me) but where do TEC fit into a carrier race? 

Can we come up with a scenario where TEC wins a carrier battle against matched Advent or Vasari without Cap abilities?

I'm thinking a 30 minute fleet with legs would be 15 carriers (all fighters), 15-20 LRM (reserved for cap killing), 40 Cobalts (carrier-killers), and 20 or more Hoshinkos.  From here keep pumping out 2 or 3 Cobalts and Hoshinkos for every 1 carrier and LRM.  Once you have 40 or more fighter squadrons you can start to think about bombers. 

I haven't played much TEC in 1.1 though, so what do you think? 

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

TEC are just too weak and again weak. The end Vasari rule. Kostura Cannon KABBOOOMMM I win the game.

 

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Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top

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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top

Hoshiko(TM) occasionally chase things around the gravwell while your ships are destroyed.

 

Autoatack is a wonderfull abillity to turn OFF on repair cruisers :w00t:

 

btw just imagine what a *domination* abillity could do to argument the imba shield tecnology of the advent i wish they would implement it................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Cpt_Siddy, reply 16
Hoshikos + carriers + running araund graw well = HOMO

Haha thats funny; I am giving you 1 Kama.

Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top

Good luck to the TEC player that survives to get to Hosrikos or whatever they are. Vasari Spam City   New strat VSC ha ha It funny. 

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

Good luck to the TEC player that survives to get to Hosrikos or whatever they are. Vasari Spam City New strat VSC ha ha It funny.

 

Oh noes!  The race with the most expensive ships is going to spam the race with the cheapest ships to death!  The horror!

Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Cykur,

Oh noes!  The race with the most expensive ships is going to spam the race with the cheapest ships to death!  The horror!

 

I thought that the Advent had the cheapest ships, but I could be wrong. Your point still stands though. Besides, it's not really that hard to get the tech needed for Hosikos, is it?

 

Reply #33 from Sins Forums Top

I thought that the Advent had the cheapest ships, but I could be wrong. Your point still stands though. Besides, it's not really that hard to get the tech needed for Hosikos, is it?

Disciples are indeed pretty cheap, but other stuff isn't.  Of course, you are paying for quality when you buy an Illuminator.

Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top

played a game last night where one opponent spammed cobalts - really effective against carriers, as noted, but pretty useless when I brought heavy cruisers in....

From that I'd say 20-30 cobalts max, if you see your opponent going carriers, then start pulling out some other ship types.

That said, I'm really liking the utility of light frigates in this build.  Their speed makes tactical manuever possible against more powerful ships.  Sometime soon I'll have to try trade ports + cobalt spamming, maybe bring in some hoshi+kodiaks but just enough to take down a Cap or two...

Reply #35 from Sins Forums Top

From that I'd say 20-30 cobalts max, if you see your opponent going carriers, then start pulling out some other ship types.

If your fleet has carriers with fighters and LFs (e.g., cobalts), and your opponent keeps bringing in carriers, then keep pumping out LFs.  The carriers you have will keep his SC busy and your LFs will roast the carriers; why build anything else (except

the HOSHIKO(TM)
)? 

PS. Cykur, you're my hero.  Because ICO was sucking so bad yesterday, I actually played a SP game...as TEC (the irony)!  Anyway, TEC still has a really slow start, but man...vasari repair bays look like infants compared to upgraded TEC repair bays (15/sec vs 40/sec).  Their anti-SC cap abilities also rock.  The thing that I still love the vasari for, and always will is their economy requires NO imperial labs and those phase missles can pwn siddy's progen battle ball.

Reply #37 from Sins Forums Top

Hey Cykur What race do you play as anyway?

 

  • When all my allies want to play Vasari, I play TEC.
  • When all my allies want to play Advent, I play Vasari.
  • When I want to kill Vasari, I play TEC.
  • When I want to kill Advent or TEC, I play Vasari.
  • When I want a challenge, I fight Advent with TEC.
  • When I am concerned my allies are noobs and I might have to solo 4 people, I play Vasari.
  • When I am feeling bored and/or lazy, I play Advent.

 

Reply #38 from Sins Forums Top

PS. Cykur, you're my hero.

Hooray!

TEC still has a really slow start

Everyone has a slow start compared to a Vasari with accessible neutrals.

The thing that I still love the vasari for, and always will is their economy requires NO imperial labs

Try playing a map where you don't get any neutrals.  Can be challenging.

those phase missles can pwn siddy's progen battle ball.

Somebody kicked Siddy in the battle ball?