Zorg wrote:We are against to change RIPs RF rates or whatever. Remember that RIP has to be strong and remember that RIP has 1 huge weakness: speed. It is easy to ninja them, especially now with ACS attack.
Also, let us not forget how many reacted when we suggested to increase RIP fuel consumption. Istalris, you were among the ones who stood heavily against it. The result was the fuel consumption to remain at 1 in X-TREME while in Speed and Standard, it got an increase lower than initially planned. This shows how unready most people are to hectic changes. This is why the modification of LG is the best way to go.
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Everyone against increasing deut consumption realized that such an increase is only a short-term solution, since everyone can build higher deuterium synthesizers increasing their production to match the increase in deuterium consumption.
I agree however with the LG being a defensive ship.. I don't see myself launching a lot of LG's in attack with the deuterium consumption it has (2.5 times more than destroyers).
But having LG in your fleet would make RIP ninja's way more effective.
One last thing.. ninja'ing and ACS Attack? ehhh...
Ninja'ing is accompanied by ACS Defend which has been around since almost forever.. and might be heavily underused..
And furthermore, to ninja RIPs you need RIPs.. negating the speed factor. (since it takes about 500 destroyers to take out 1 RIP, to defeat a fleet of 100 RIPs one would need at least 50k destroyers.. which brings the cost debate back into play since 100 RIPs need 900 million res to build while 50k destroyers need 6.25 BILLION res to build..)