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--- Quote from: rodereve on May 21, 2013, 06:25:09 am ---4. Does the goldfish and pyra do more ramming damage with that front horn or is that purely asthetics, and also why are they considered effective for ramming if they have low armor/health and both ships are supposed to take equal damage in a ram (before factoring that pilot shield item)

5. In terms of prioritizing enemy ships, which ones are the biggest threats to take out and which ones should you avoid for last? (e.g. Squid> Pyra > Goldfish  etc.)

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The beak that comes off the front of a Pyra is part of the hull armor, and not the balloon. This is what make the Pyra an effective ramming ship. You will only be damaging your hull, which should already have someone on it and attentively in full repair mode. Ramming with other ships means that you will be damaging your own components that no one is actively repairing, or you must have an engineer repairing components instead of your hull and instead of firing on the enemy. I'm sure you've noticed destroying your own front guns or balloon when trying to ram with a Goldfish.

What makes the difference between a crappy ram and a kill is having your Pyra gunners strip armor RIGHT BEFORE you actually make the contact, and making SURE that your hull armor is full or nearly full. If you are at all interested in ramming, I posted a (mostly overlooked) thread that explains some of the benefits/usages of moonshine, and why not to overuse use the bumpers. https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,1056.msg17422.html#msg17422



As far as ship priority... Generally speaking, my priority depends entirely on what weapons the enemy ship is bringing. Always kill Spire first AND FAST, then move to the "kill ship" that has gat/flak, followed by any support ships.

Focus fire with your co-captain is actually much more important than specific ship prioritizing. Get on that captain's chat and make sure you are firing at the same target at the same time, always.

Oh, and never prioritize an enemy Squid. Chasing a Squid is just a bad idea, you will have a hard time killing an evasive Squid and most likely get dragged to a situation in the enemy team's favor. Shoot at Squids when they are in your way, and you have no other shot.

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