To someone who has Fleet Lists - How are the Raiders?

[Poi]

What changes have been made?

Do we still have the Nova Dreadnought?

Any new hulls?

Come on, spill the beans. Please.

 

[Court Jester]

I heard the raiders are underpowered compared to the other fleets... :wink:

 

[Poi]

 

[CZuschlag]

Improved. But still not exactly good.

 

[Poi]

Can you be a little more specific?

 

[victor romeo]

The Nova is still there and still a good battle level ship.
The Battlewagon has lost some flights.
The Freighter is still rubbish but is at least a bit faster.
The Strike Carrier now has Fleet Carrier and is still skirmish level.
No more Raider base (or any other stations).

The biggsest problem remains that all your masses of cheap flights have weak weapons meaning they can't be used as interceptors and aren't really up to much in the way of dogfighting or attack runs.

Still one of the best looking fleets in the game though!

 

[Poi]

Here's hoping they give us a fleet box

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Delta-Vs are naff in dogfights and also really slow. You get millions of them for your points, but they're among the worst fighters in the game now...

 

[Greg Smith]

... but they're among the worst fighters in the game now...

They always were.

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Yeah, I guess... :?

 

[Chernobyl]

what happened to all the stations?

 

[MustEatBrains]

They were sabotaged, collapsed or were taken through time - you know, the usual...

 

[NX_Phoenix]

... but they're among the worst fighters in the game now...

They always were.

Actually, the Raiders Delta-V was the SECOND worst fighter in the previous edition beaten out by the Abbai Kotha, although some would argue that the Delta-V is the worst because the Kotha wasn't a fighter and didn't deserve the name. Though it did have the best skirmish level ride ever, the Milani.

 

[Poi]

The Battlewagon has lost some flights.

How many does it carry now? How about the Nova Dreadnought and Strike Carrier?

Can we still swap Vs for V2s?

Have any Raider ships changed PL?

Can we still hire a FAP of Abbai, Brakiri, Drazi and Vree?

 

[Greg Smith]

In order:

3.

Nova 6. Strike carrier 4.

Yes, but at a cost.

No.

Yes. And Gaim and pak'ma'ra.

 

[Poi]

Oh good, an excuse to get some Gaim as well

 

[MustEatBrains]

Yes. And Gaim and pak'ma'ra.

Including Queen ships? Raiders can actually steal Queens??? Sounds like fun!