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What would happen is we give Giga patties and light boosters as starting tech, and reduce their starting money accordingly?

I'd thought something similar although I woudn't give them lt boosters to start. Boosting patties would be a very powerful opening ship.

Patties are an awesome ship and would be over-powering if Giga started with them, your suggestion also limits the options a commander can make because not all comms spend the starting money for patties. I remember 1 fun game with StartledBunny commanding where we only had scouts and we made the enemy resign, although im pretty sure us having ac2 luxy scouts might have been a factor for that.

I love Lxy scouts, I just wish they had more thrust behind them. Proxing with them is awful.

If we were to ressurect a SG edition of CC I can see Giga needing an early game perk. Patties would fit that role well and would be the obvious change. Maybe a level 1 patty that can't prox or boost allowing the com to purchase regular patties if they so choose?

Raveen wrote:QUOTE (Raveen @ Apr 30 2009, 02:01 PM) If we were to ressurect a SG edition of CC I can see Giga needing an early game perk. Patties would fit that role well and would be the obvious change. Maybe a level 1 patty that can't prox or boost allowing the com to purchase regular patties if they so choose?

if thats the case why not basic giga figs

edit: still with none of the tech so the comm would still have to get booster 1 etc

Giga has a nice secondary strat of using that.. 12500$ towards a sup if they rush it instead to get Figs up quicker. Figs > Patties. I like Giga for the fact that they have the option to customize their start up a little more. (granted, most of the times getting patties is more ideal)

I'm curious. Why do people consider patties to be too powerful for a standard opening ship? They are nice to probe and prox with, but aren't actual opening figs supposed to have more combat power. Good sensors and prox are nice to have, but the max speed is low and missile loadout light.

Now personally I actually prefer a light booster for opening figs, but I'm apparently considered a pervert because of this fancy.

djörk of course brings up a good point about an early sup instead, but that points more to the fact that patties, while fun to fly aren't really that powerful.

What am I missing?

Patrollers are arguably stronger than figs, with the ability to mount prox and having a good scan range.

Yeah IMO its easier to do an early bomb rush against basic figs than against patties, if the pilots know how to prox.