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Ofiach:
The pyramidion has a few reasons why it's so widely used I'll explain em here, even though most have been previously mentioned.

-Easiest to fly out of the gate. It's a point the front to shoot type ship you don't need to know weapon arcs and most new pilots don't take the time to learn.
-Best multiroll ship. Changing from sniper to brawler is as easy as turning different weapon sets on an enemy.
-It rams hard. Lets be honest ramming people into oblivion is fun and for some reason everyone to ever get this game knows the pyri rams hard.
-Good top speed. <-- yeah that.

It has alot of negatives when compared to other ships but things like maneuvering, acceleration, and large hitboxes don't enter into a new pilots mind.
It really is the easiest ship to just pick up and fly. Mastering it is of course just as hard as any other ship and crewing on one at least IMO is tougher than some.
As I see the Pyri it is probably going to stay a favorite ship of new players, because of everything I mentioned above. Alot of those players won't leave it because it works. That's fine. However alot of players will drift to ships like the Junker and Goldfish, hell maybe even the Galleon. Because those ships do certain things much better than the Pyri can.
The squid as it is now just isn't really worth mentioning, I started on a Squid pre 1.2 and loved it, but it has lost its edge with the patch. You won't see many people trying to win using them. The spire well the Spire is just a troll ship IMO.

 

DMaximus:

--- Quote from: Ofiach on June 03, 2013, 05:32:55 am ---...
-It rams hard. Lets be honest ramming people into oblivion is fun and for some reason everyone to ever get this game knows the pyri rams hard.

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I really love that the Pyr's design communicates some of its function so well. First time you see that big pointy bit on the front, you immediately assume that it's for ramming, even without being told that it's an extension of the hull armor. 

-Muse- Cullen:

--- Quote from: DMaximus on June 03, 2013, 08:34:54 am ---First time you see that big pointy bit on the front, you immediately assume that it's for ramming, even without being told that it's an extension of the hull armor.

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That aspect of the ship- the hull armor up at the balloon's level- is my favorite part. Most newer players aim for balloons. By having some hull armor up top, a new team can still be effective and have a chance at destroying a ship. And, cos the Pyra is so popular, many newer players will face against it many times in the skies. The only problem is that those players may not recognize that they are hitting the armor, so they may try to translate their 'shoot the balloon to win' strategy to other ships.

Letus:

--- Quote from: Cul on June 03, 2013, 10:47:47 am ---
That aspect of the ship- the hull armor up at the balloon's level- is my favorite part. Most newer players aim for balloons. By having some hull armor up top, a new team can still be effective and have a chance at destroying a ship. And, cos the Pyra is so popular, many newer players will face against it many times in the skies. The only problem is that those players may not recognize that they are hitting the armor, so they may try to translate their 'shoot the balloon to win' strategy to other ships.

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Also makes it the easiest to kill with a carronade.  For the most part, I always go for a Pyramid's components because they are all so close to the hull that even if you miss...you're going to hit hull.  When on a merc, trying to snipe out the guns mean taking out hull...
let alone if you carronade their balloon, you take out their hull and balloon easily...hell, I've taken out pyramid's hull before their balloons.

Also tend to aim for them with a lumberjack...same results...though mostly targeting them because they're a threat (that and you can pretty much heavily weaken them for a quick mop-up with your other guns.)  The fact that their hull is right around their balloon is also nice for heavy flak.

That is the downside with the pyramid being rather popular though, so many people aim for balloons because of that hull.

MasX:
The pyramidion is like that hot chick everybody wants she's packing in all the right place and easy to handle but then you  find out she's a slut.

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