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Ramming with a Goldfish

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Sammy B. T.:
Well yes and no. Other heavier ships do decent damage on the ram regardless of situation. Doesn't mean its always practical but it is always something. The goldie though doesn't have the mass for the ram to do anything on its own.

Alistair MacBain:
Ramming with Goldies is great.
A Goldfish is supposed to get in the fight (aka the enemies) and distract them as much as possible so his ally (most likely a killship) can get in the fight and finish the enemies off while they cant shoot back.
Its hard to accomplish that only with gunning. Ramming them offarc and forcing the enemy captain to react to you instead of your ally is a great thing.

Melon McCrabernathy:
When I fly a goldfish there are only 2 ships in the game that I am vaguely worried about ramming, the pyramidion and the galleon. Whether I ram these ships or not greatly depends on my position relative to their ships. For example if a pyra were facing even a slight angle away from me I may be inclined to give it a gentle (or not) nudge to push it's guns further out of arc. With a galleon the only time I can endorse ramming in a goldfish is when they are being blended out on the floor and you get bored and want to finish it quicker.

With all other ships I tend to just man up and much to the dismay of my engineering team, will usually ram anything that moves (and doesn't move) in the process of goomba stomping a target.

In my opinion junkers are the easiest ship to ram successfully, especially with a goldfish, as they have the maneuverability to keep up with a junker most of the time. As well as this once the junker's balloon is down, it provides a massive hitbox not only to ram, but also for the heavy carronade to shoot at, stripping it's armour even quicker. Spires are pretty funny to ram too, cos they have a tendency to just explode occasionally...heh...

(I tend to fly my goldfish as the killship, not the support ship, which may explain my slightly more aggressive/psychotic tendencies)

ShadedExalt:
I take after Melon, then.  Thanks for the feedback.  Sammy B.T., Indreams, I DID mention that I don't ram primarily for damage, but to confuse, befuddle, and otherwise screw up the enemy captain.  Whether this means getting their guns out of arc, getting their attention, or lining up for a Stomp.

   If I DO ram for damage, its usually with Hwachafish when the enemies armour is down.  With me playing in Novice matches, my ally(ies) are usually 'exploring'.  I can usually kill an enemy on my own anyway, with a little bit of luck, a decent crew, and a few mistakes from the enemy ship.  Oh, Melon, anyone who rams a non-blended Galleon is a giant idiot.  It just has so much more mass than anything else its stupid.  I really liked the Wrestling analogy Sammy used as well.  Thanks for the advice.  Nice to know that my strategies are OK.

Melon McCrabernathy:

--- Quote from: ShadedExalt on November 18, 2014, 11:36:19 am --- Oh, Melon, anyone who rams a non-blended Galleon is a giant idiot.  It just has so much more mass than anything else its stupid.

--- End quote ---

Just you wait, one day I will take a squid competitive and ram a galleon to death, you'll see...you'll all see....

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