storm ships vs tank ships

[slicerppr]

I'm going to be level 10 really soon and i still cant decide what ship class I want. I narrowed it down to 2 war hawk and tank. All I want to know is are they equally strong? and the pros and cons of each ship. and finally your opinion on which is better.

 

[peck]

storms are fast and have a lot of firepower with low health
tanks are slow and have moderate firepower with a lot of health

so it depends on how you what to play. tanks are good for fighting many enemies for a while while storms are good for quickly killing your enemy. do you want to last a long time or make your enemy not last long enough to madder how much health it has.

 

[xamphibiosx]

The AnIn-2000 Light Engineer and the GC-3 Fusion Engineers are very good, the light engineer has a faster cooldown for it's shield and its anti-stun, the normal shield isn't that great.

When you reach Gemini the GC-3 Fusion Engineer is a great ship for the missions, some ppl choose to more, and many times they have an GC-3 to help.

 

[Tyrannus]

storms are fast and have a lot of firepower with low health
tanks are slow and have moderate firepower with a lot of health

so it depends on how you what to play. tanks are good for fighting many enemies for a while while storms are good for quickly killing your enemy. do you want to last a long time or make your enemy not last long enough to madder how much health it has.

About storms being fast and tanks slow, not true, both ships have equal speed.

 

[defacto]

The AnIn-2000 Light Engineer and the GC-3 Fusion Engineers are very good, the light engineer has a faster cooldown for it's shield and its anti-stun, the normal shield isn't that great.

When you reach Gemini the GC-3 Fusion Engineer is a great ship for the missions, some ppl choose to more, and many times they have an GC-3 to help.

I might add, the light engi doesn't have an anti-stund and a shield, actually the anti stun is built into the shield.

Also, you have an additional repair droid that only works on other players.

In Gemini, you also have the Repair field, which is what the menders use, and the materializer, which can revive another player.

I agree that the fusion engi is a good help in gem stories, because there's a lot of escorting in them.

 

[ElectroM]

I think it is this way:
Vega - X tank - Tank Best for SM
Antares - X Shock - Shock Best for SM
Gemini - X Engineer - Engineer Best for SM
Mizar - X Storm - Storm Best for SM
Sol - X Sniper - No none-rare class ship for Sniper, but I choose Tank/Sniper for Sol SM's..

These are completely true, and I dare anyone to tell me that concept is wrong !

 

[xamphibiosx]

I think it is this way:
Vega - X tank - Tank Best for SM
Antares - X Shock - Shock Best for SM
Gemini - X Engineer - Engineer Best for SM
Mizar - X Storm - Storm Best for SM
Sol - X Sniper - No none-rare class ship for Sniper, but I choose Tank/Sniper for Sol SM's..

These are completely true, and I dare anyone to tell me that concept is wrong !

I don't see why

Vega, you could choose between all
antares, you could choose between all
Gemini, ppl many times choose a engineer
Mizar, for the many solo missions use a tank.
sol, tank/storm/engi what ever.

 

[flyblade]

Vega, you could choose between all
antares, you could choose between all
Gemini, ppl many times choose a engineer
Mizar, for the many solo missions use a tank.
sol, tank/storm/engi what ever.

RIGHT !! ^_^

I hope I know this thing more earlier.
I hate myself because I choose storm all over the system (always storm even in sol) so got hard time playing. ^_^
but for vega and antares I recommend to use tank.

 

[xamphibiosx]

Vega, you could choose between all
antares, you could choose between all
Gemini, ppl many times choose a engineer
Mizar, for the many solo missions use a tank.
sol, tank/storm/engi what ever.

RIGHT !! ^_^

I hope I know this thing more earlier.
I hate myself because I choose storm all over the system (always storm even in sol) so got hard time playing. ^_^
but for vega and antares I recommend to use tank.

Nah, storm is sometimes better for some firepower, but when in gemini + tank has aggrobomb, so can graind,

i just tested on the http://ptr.pirategalaxy.com/ the mizar tank, it was a great ship.

 

[dogdrool]

I think it is this way:
Vega - X tank - Tank Best for SM
Antares - X Shock - Shock Best for SM
Gemini - X Engineer - Engineer Best for SM
Mizar - X Storm - Storm Best for SM
Sol - X Sniper - No none-rare class ship for Sniper, but I choose Tank/Sniper for Sol SM's..

These are completely true, and I dare anyone to tell me that concept is wrong !

Yep the concept is wrong :mrorange:

 

[ElectroM]

Oh well, that what I noticed and I wrote it.. but I still think concept isn't wrong..

 

[RelentlessWMD]

Tank all the way, I've had three tanks in a row. I have been able to take on higher lvl storms with my tank and win everytime. Its simple the Tank can absorb more punishment than the storm can dish out. I will say components play a crucial role in this but head to head same parts i have witnessed and know the tank will win. the only back-up ship i would consider is an engineer.

 

[Tyrannus]

In vega i would get a tank or storm

In antares, a storm because most of the missions you'll need to kill some stuff

In gemini, possibly the hardest system, you'll need an engineer, because most of the gemini missions require escorting ships to places.

In Mizar, while on baumar, you'll need speed for some missions, and some you'll need defense, so either shock or storm, when you ge to molikar, get a tank, you'll need quite alot of defense whe doing those molikar missions.

In Sol, on Mars, you'll need firepower and sometimes, defense, so Rank 45 storm or tank, on the moon, you will need defense because moon mantis for rank 45 ships cause quite some damage, so a rank 45 tank. When you get to Earth, You will definitely need a Rank 60 ship to complete those Earth missions, so either a tank or storm.

Correct me if i'm wrong.