i've only been playing pale lately, so my opinions are heavily affected by the changes in pale. but here goes, anyways.
Rebel Destroyer is good, but since it is rebel (no perticle beam!) it's not as good as a 'fed' frigate. Kestrel is good too, but it only has about half the shields of a confed frigate. The only drawback of the frigate is it's slooow acceleration (the turning is actually reasonably good with all upgrades) but it gives the impression of my ship being really massive. For escorts rebel escort carriers are excellent! but overall, the frigate is something you can propably board after a battle (a rebel destroyer and a few fighters should do the job, or two destroyers) early on in the game.
But none of this matters. i declare the scoutship as my fav. ship in the game, as it costs less than 100kcr and i use it til i get a REAL warship, in other words, after i get 3Mcr+
ComputerLizard, or iLizard?
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"Ist das meinen sohn?"
Translated:
Is that eating my son?!?
"Sprichst du sicher deutsch?"